In the latest jobs report, out Friday, there’s some details to like and and some to be worried about. On the “maybe we should worry about this” side, the labor force participation rate — aka the percentage of Americans either working or actively looking for work — dropped to 62.4%, which is well off the recent highs of the past couple years.

The May jobs report showed 139,000 jobs were added in the last month. President Trump reacted favorably to the news but criticized Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, urging him to slash interest rates.

The dollar was headed for a weekly loss on Friday, undermined by signs of fragility in the U.S. economy and little progress on trade negotiations between Washington and its partners, ahead of a critical jobs report.

Major stock markets and the dollar pushed higher Friday as key jobs data showed the US labour market is resilient in the face of uncertainty over President Donald Trump's tariffs.

Major stock markets largely steadied and the dollar rose Friday awaiting key US jobs data in the face of uncertainty over the impact of President Donald Trump's tariffs on the