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,

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

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

U.S. job growth slowed in May, while the unemployment rate held steady, potentially giving the Federal Reserve a buffer to delay the resumption of interest rate cuts. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 139,