Jobs

This is not a typical recession.

The biggest gains took place in the leisure and hospitality industry.

Small business owners now only have to spend 60 percent of the aid on maintaining payroll.

The nation's unemployment rate dropped to 13.3 percent from 14.7 percent. 

The U.S. economy added 2.5 million jobs in May as the unemployment rate fell to 13.3 percent.

Economists surveyed by Refinitiv expected the report to show that unemployment rose to 19.8 percent in May.

As the the coronavirus and now protests across the U.S. have shed new light on economic inequalities, some experts say it’s time to rethink work, wages and health benefits.

While the number is expected to be huge, it should indicate a slowing as more businesses gradually or partially reopen