Jobs Report: U.S. Employers Add 209,000 Positions

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Unemployment Ticks Up to 6.2%; Six Straight Months of 200,000 Jobs for First Time Since '97

Hiring by U.S. employers remained robust in July, if a bit slower than previous months, with a broad-based rise in payrolls extending a half-year streak of strong employment gains.

Nonfarm employment rose by a seasonally adjusted 209,000 last month, the Labor Department said Friday. Payrolls rose by 298,000 in June, revised up from an earlier estimate of 288,000, and May's gain was revised up to 229,000 from an earlier estimate of...