The unemployment rate rose to 4.2%. Over the past three months, job growth averaged just 35,000 per month, the weakest performance since the pandemic. Black Americans saw their unemployment rate spike to 7.2%, the highest since late 2021. Fed pressureThis weak jobs report may add pressure on the US Federal Reserve to reconsider interest rates. The dramatic downward revisions and concentrated job growth suggest the labor market’s resilience may be fading.