The lack of the initially-promised range extender.

it was at a slower rate than economists expected.Trumps tariffs — and the dizzying back and forth on implementing them and pausing them — has caused many businesses to stall major decision-making or spending.

Job growth was not widespread: Sectors that saw the biggest monthly gains were mostly ones that are less affected by tariffs.Jamie Kelter Davis/Bloomberg/Getty Images CNN On the face of it.edging closer to a three-year high.

prior months have tended to see (sometimes hefty) downward revisions.This potentially signals a weakening in the demand for labor.

And the unemployment rate also looks encouraging.

things get a little murkier in the June report: It is becoming harder for Americans to find work: The average duration of unemployment rose from 21.But they illustrate the haphazard and at times punitive way government spending decisions get made.

staffers scrambled to rewrite key pieces of the bill to win her support.It is reviled on the left for hurting poor people and reviled on the far-right for not going far enough to cut spending.

particularly within the margins.These seemingly arbitrary small items are essentially sweeteners to win over lawmakers who might quibble with the broader thrust of the legislation.