US employers add 280K jobs, but unemployment rate ticks up to 5.5%

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    U.S. employers added a robust 280,000 jobs in May, showing that the economy has regained momentum after starting 2015 in a deep slump. Nonetheless, the unemployment rate ticked up to 5.5% from 5.4% in…


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