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August 7, 2026

United States (U.S.) Employment Dips in July, Unemployment Rate Edges Lower

A closely watched report released by the Labor Department on Friday showed a modest decrease in U.S. employment in July. The Labor Department said non-farm payroll employment dipped by 23,000 jobs in July. The dip in employment partly reflected a notable decline in employment in local government education, which fell by 50,000 jobs. Employment in the leisure and hospitality and retail sectors also decreased, while job growth was visible in the healthcare and social assistance and construction sectors.

The report also showed notable downward revisions to the pace of job growth over the previous two months. The Labor Department said employment edged up by 20,000 jobs in June and climbed by 66,000 jobs in May, reflecting a combined downward revision of 103,000 jobs.

Meanwhile, the report also said the unemployment rate edged down to 4.1% in July from 4.2% in June. The dip in the unemployment rate came as the labor force shrank by 264,000 people, outpacing the 87,000-person decrease in the household measure of employment. The Labor Department also said average hourly employee earnings crept up by $0.02 or 0.1% to $37.62 in July. The annual rate of growth by average hourly employee earnings slowed to 3.2% in July from a downwardly revised 3.4% in June. 08/07/2026 - 10:11:00 (RTTNews)

Eurozone

Euros traded at 1.1562 against USD at 9:00 AM PST

France's unemployment rate rose to the highest level since the coronavirus pandemic in the second quarter. The jobless rate rose to 8.3% in the second quarter from 8.1% in the first quarter. The rate hit the highest since the third quarter of 2020. The number of unemployed increased by 62,000 from the previous quarter to 2.7 million.

Among the unemployed, about 671,000 people on average were declared to be jobless and having been job seeking for at least a year in the second quarter, which was 36,000 more than in the previous quarter. The long-term unemployment rate reached 2.1% of the labor force, its highest level since the second quarter of 2022. The unemployment rate among young people aged below 24 years bounced back to 21.6% from 21.2% in the first quarter. 08/07/2026 - 08:35:00 (RTTNews)

Germany's exports grew moderately in June, while imports rebounded from the last month. Exports rose 0.9% monthly in June, slower than the 1.1% increase in May. Imports rebounded 4.4%, in contrast to the 2.6% decline in the previous month. As a result, the trade surplus fell to EUR 15.4 billion from EUR 19.3 billion in May. On a yearly basis, exports advanced 13.9% after a 0.7% fall.

At the same time, growth in imports accelerated to 14.0% from 1.5%. The unadjusted foreign trade balance showed a surplus of EUR 18.8 billion in June compared to EUR 16.5 billion in the same period last year. Exports to the United States fell 14.2% from May and that to China dropped 0.3%. Imports from the U.S. fell 9.6%, while imports from China grew 9.1%. 08/07/2026 - 06:38:00 (RTTNews)

Taiwan Trade Surplus Grows in July

Taiwan's foreign trade surplus increased in July from a year ago. The trade surplus rose to $17.2 billion in July from $14.4 billion in the corresponding month last year. The surplus also grew from $12.2 billion in June. Exports surged 32.9% annually in July, and imports were 37.4% higher. Shipments of information and communication and audio-video products alone grew 29.5% from last year, and those of parts of electronic products jumped by 50.5%. Outflows of electrical machinery products also logged a strong growth of 34.3%. Taiwan imported 33.8 more machinery during July. 08/07/2026 - 07:26:00 (RTTNews)

China Exports

China's exports logged a double-digit growth in July largely driven by strong demand for hi-tech products. Exports advanced 23.9% on a yearly basis in July. However, the pace of growth moderated from 27.0% seen in June.

Despite rising trade tensions, China's exports to the United States (U.S.) rose around 17.0%. Shipments to Association of Southeast Asian Nations advanced 38.4% and that to EU moved up 16.0%. At the same time, imports registered an annual growth of 27.5%. Oil imports declined 24.3% from the last year, while hi-tech categories were the main driver of growth.

The trade surplus decreased to $112.5 billion from $125.6 billion in June. The sharp increases in prices of chips and commodities lifted exports and imports in value terms. 08/07/2026 - 08:11:00 (RTTNews)