That burst of hiring is well above the average of the previous three months.
It’s the lowest level since the pandemic struck last year.
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The Labor Department said Thursday that jobless claims declined just 7,000 from the previous week to 411,000.
The justices left the entire law intact Thursday, ruling that plaintiffs had no right to bring their lawsuit in federal court.
The number of people applying for unemployment benefits rose last week for the first time since April.
The central bank raised its inflation forecast to 3.4% by year-end and expects to hike its benchmark interest rate twice by late 2023.
There was a 0.6% increase in prices over April and 5% over the past year, the biggest 12-month inflation spike since 2008.
Jobless claims fell by 9,000 to 376,000 from 385,000 the week before, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
The pace of hiring picked up in May, with U.S. employers adding 559,000 jobs, but it missed economists’ forecasts.
