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Unemployment

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports on the surprisingly strong figures for job growth in the month of May, and what they might mean for the nation's economy...and the fall election. May's job figures were more than twice what analysts expected, and sent some investors scrambling in response to fears that interest rates will rise to ward off inflation.

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