We’re live-charting the very solid US jobs report for May

This is what not-miserable looks like.
This is what not-miserable looks like.
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It’s time for what is arguably the world’s most influential monthly economic update.

The US economy generated 280,000 new jobs in May, as the world’s largest economy continues to shake off a sluggish first quarter.

The unemployment rate rose slightly to 5.5%. We’ll be rounding up our best charts, as well as the best ones we see from around the web in the lead-up and aftermath of the 8:30 a.m. data release.

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