US employers add a solid 372,000 jobs in sign of resilience
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, July 1, 2022. A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows an upheaval in priorities just months before critical midterm elections. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON — America’s employers shrugged off high inflation and weakening growth to add 372,000 jobs in June, a surprisingly strong gain that will likely spur the Federal Reserve to keep sharply raising interest rates to try to cool the economy and slow price increases....
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