The Labor Department reported last Thursday that nonfarm payrolls rose 223,000 last month after a downwardly revised 254,000 increase in May, with construction and government employment unchanged, and the mining sector purging more jobs. April payrolls were also lowered, meaning 60,000 fewer jobs were created during...

Here is the latest jobs report, as posted today, on USA Today. Milder weather helped the labor market shake off a winter chill in April as employers added 223,000 jobs.  The unemployment rate fell from 5.5% to 5.4%, lowest since May 2008. Economists surveyed by Action Economics expected...