May Brought More Jobs, Lower Jobless Rate

from National Public Radio

The economy added 431,000 jobs in May, the most added in a single month in the past decade. But almost all of those new hires were for government temp jobs, working on the Census. The pace of hiring by private employers actually slowed. Still, the overall unemployment rate did fall to 9.7 percent.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, June 4, 2010