U.S. Job Growth Tepid, Jobless Rate Drops

By REUTERS

Published: July 8, 2005

Filed at 3:26 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers added 146,000 jobs in June, below Wall Street's forecasts, but the unemployment rate fell to its lowest since September 2001 as few people joined the labor force, a government report showed on Friday.