Another Month of Slow Job Growth in May
June 01, 2012 at 12:30 PM EDT
Job growth remained sluggish in May, the Labor Department reports. Nonfarm private-sector payrolls rose by a slim 82,000 on a seasonally adjusted basis last month. That’s the smallest increase since last August. It’s also a sign—confirmation!—that economic growth overall slowed in the spring. For two months running, the labor market’s growth has been mild, at [...]
