US economy added a whopping 272,000 jobs in May
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US economy added a whopping 272,000 jobs in May

US job growth shot much higher than expected in May, jumping to 272,000, while the nation’s jobless rate rose slightly and broke a 27-month streak of below-4% unemployment. At a time when Americans and the Federal Reserve are clamoring for clear-cut data about the state and trajectory of the economy, Friday’s jobs report was much more opaque than everyone had hoped. “It’s hard not to like a lot of jobs, and this report was well above what I expected, and I think just about what...