Unemployment notches up to 9.1% in May as employers add just 54,000 to payrolls

The nation's job market took       sputtering economic recovery.
a turn for the worse last          In recent days, various data
month as employers abruptly        have pointed to a slowdown in
curbed their hiring and the        manufacturing and consumer
unemployment rate edged up to      spending, as well as
9.1%, the Labor Department         persistent weakness in the
said Friday.                       depressed housing market.
The disappointing report           Related                       

Unemployment notches up to 9.1% in May as employers add just 54,000 to payrolls

provided the latest and            Private payrolls disappoint,
strongest evidence of a            add 38,000 jobs in May        

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