The pace of hiring has slowed sharply from the previous three months, when the economy added an average of 220,000 new jobs. Private companies hired only 83,000 new workers in May—the fewest in nearly a year. Local governments cut 28,000 jobs last month, the most since November. They have cut jobs for 22 straight months.
Unemployment Rate Rises to 9.1%
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