U. S. employers added 217,000 jobs in May, continuing four months of significant job growth that now averages 234,000 for the past three months, although it is a drop from the 282,000 added in April. Following a slow start to the year, often blamed on the severe winter weather, the previous three month average was 150,000 more jobs each month, according to what chicagobusiness.com informs MHProNews. However, the unemployment rate, which is based on a separate set of figures, remained at 6.3 percent. ##

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