Like a patient with a virus, incoming data appears to blow hot and cold at the same time.
Private sector and full national snapshots of payroll growth for May are due later today and on Friday.
But a renewed rise in U.S. staff vacancies in April showed the labor market tightening again if anything - even a Chicago manufacturing survey alarmed with a sharp contraction in factory activity last month.
The central bank's "Beige Book" on economic conditions said on Wednesday that the labor market "continued to be strong" in May "with contacts reporting difficulty finding workers across a wide range of skill levels and industries."
U.S. Treasury yields crept back up on Thursday after the debt ceiling vote overnight and despite the mixed economic picture.
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