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Economists expect the Labor Department to report 160K jobs additions in June, a notable bounce from May's soft tally of 75K but just under the average of 164K adds per month this year for the first five months. A relatively soft ADP report Wednesday of 102K new private payrolls has dampened expectations for today's payroll report, although a wildcard is how the temporary federal government