US created 215,000 jobs in July vs 223,000 expected; unemployment rate at 5.3%
August 07, 2015 at 08:30 AM EDT
This is a breaking news story. A mixed bag of separate labor market metrics surfaced before Friday's Labor Department report. The employment cost index-the broadest measure of labor costs- rose 0.2 percent in the second quarter, the Labor Department said last week.