Job Losses Slow; Unemployment At 9.4%

Job Losses Slow; Unemployment at 9.4%

The U.S. unemployment rate was the highest in 26 years, the government said on Friday, but the loss of 345,000 jobs in May, fewer than expected, was seen as a sign that the job market was no longer in free fall.

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