Your Friday Briefing: Everything You Need to Know About the Dow Jones Today in Three Minutes

The Dow Jones today jumped in premarketed trading after the U.S. Labor Department announced that the U.S. economy added 157,000 jobs in July. That figure fell short of the 190,000 spots that economists had projected. It was also the lowest increase in positions since March 2018. However, the 3.9% unemployment rate is close to the lowest level that we've seen the official unemployment rate since the late 1960s. Tags: dow jones today To get full access to all Money Morning content, click here About Money Morning: Money Morning gives you access to a team of ten market experts with more than 250 years of combined investing experience – for free . Our experts – who have appeared on FOXBusiness, CNBC, NPR, and BloombergTV – deliver daily investing tips and stock picks, provide analysis with actions to take, and answer your biggest market questions. Our goal is to help our millions of e-newsletter subscribers and Moneymorning.com visitors become smarter, more confident investors. Disclaimer: © 2018 Money Morning and Money Map Press. All Rights Reserved. Protected by copyright of the United States and international treaties. Any reproduction, copying, or redistribution (electronic or otherwise, including the world wide web), of content from this webpage, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of Money Morning. 16 W. Madison St. Baltimore, MD, 21201. The post Your Friday Briefing: Everything You Need to Know About the Dow Jones Today in Three Minutes appeared first on Money Morning - We Make Investing Profitable .