BOOM: Jobs Market Adds 172,000 Jobs in May, +93K in Revisionshttps://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/06/05/boom-jobs-market-adds-172000-jobs-in-may-n3815650Donald Trump finally got the economic success he has touted since his re-election. Will it come in time to boost the GOP's midterm chances?
For the third straight month, the US job market blew past analyst expectations. The economy added 172,000 jobs in May, according to today's jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Not only that, but revisions to the previous two months added another 93,000 jobs. Wages also kept pace slightly ahead of inflation, despite the worries over the oil crunch creating a mildly worrisome inflationary wave:
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 172,000 in May, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in leisure and hospitality, local government, and health care. Employment in financial activities declined. ...
After some 4 years of downward "revisions" under LIEden, I wasn't sure upward revisions were even possible.
