The spin-free reality underlying the jobs report for May, with charts

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Friday’s jobs report showed the economy adding a strong 172,000 jobs and the unemployment rate holding at a low 4.3%. 

The headline numbers were very good overall. Both parties will try to spin the numbers to their advantage. 

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