Jobs Machine Ends Winter Woes as U.S. Payrolls Beat Forecast
U.S. Adds 280,000 Workers in May, Jobless Rate at 5.5%
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The American jobs machine has produced a spring spurt to banish the winter weakness.
Employers added 280,000 jobs in May, the most in five months, further dispelling fears that a first-quarter slowdown would take hold, figures from the Labor Department showed Friday. That followed a revised 221,000 April advance.