Economists expect Friday's jobs report will show the labor market recovery is losing steam as the coronavirus crisis persists

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The median economist estimate for Friday's nonfarm payrolls report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is that the US added 1.5 million jobs last month less than the jobs added in May and June.

There's also a very wide range of estimates, from a loss of 500,000 jobs to a gain of 3.2 million, as some of the indicators economists weigh to forecast are showing conflicting signs about how the labor market fared in June.

"There's just a huge range of uncertainty about the topline number that we'll see on Friday," Nick Bunker, an economist at Indeed, told Business Insider.

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US businesses likely added jobs in July, but at a slower pace than in earlier months of the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic recession.

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