(Bloomberg) -- The argument for a June interest-rate hike from the Federal Reserve has evaporated.
Economists and investors largely agreed that a disappointing employment report for May -- the U.S. economy added just 38,000 new jobs -- largely eliminated the chance that Fed officials would tighten policy when they meet June 14-15 in Washington, and may make it difficult for them to raise in July.
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