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Payroll employment rises by 138,000 in May; unemployment rate changes little (4.3%)

06/02/2017

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 138,000 in May, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 4.3 percent. Job gains occurred in health care and mining.
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