U.S. non-farm payrolls for May and June were revised down by a total of 258,000.

On August 1, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said that the non-farm payroll increase for May was revised from 144,000 to 19,000; the non-farm payroll increase for June was revised from 147,000 to 14,000.

After the revision, the total increase in non-farm payrolls for May and June was 258,000 lower than before the revision. [BlockBeats]