U.S. employers slowed hiring last month, but still added a solid 139,000 jobs amid uncertainty over Trump’s trade wars.

U.S. job growth slowed slightly last month, a sign employers remained cautious about hiring amid uncertainty over tariffs and the nation’s economic outlook. The U.S. added 139,000 jobs in May, the Labor Department reported Friday,

The American job market likely continued to slow last month, hobbled by worries over President Donald Trump’s trade wars, deportations and purges of the federal workforce

The long-resilient labor market slowed down a little in May, adding 139,000 jobs, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Friday.

The U.S. job market added 139,000 jobs in May, according to a new report, while President Donald Trump and some economists argue the number could have been even higher.

The US economy added 139,000 new jobs in May, going over the 125,000 estimate from Dow Jones, based on new labor figures published Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This small but important increase happened while the country dealt with rising tariffs and warnings of slower growth.