Segments From This Episode

• Economists expected more job losses. The economy added 2.5 million instead.

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  Chalk it up to parts of the economy reopening.

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• “This has been going on for the entire history of this country”

  by Kai Ryssdal and Bennett Purser

  

  NYT culture writer Wesley Morris finds profound meaning in song lyrics while processing this American moment.

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• Did PPP loans spur the jobs recovery?

  by Justin Ho

  

  Businesses that received CARES Act loans had to rehire workers to have those loans forgiven. But what happens next for America’s job market?

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• Here’s one (of many) numbers in the jobs report that surprised economists

  by Maria Hollenhorst and Kai Ryssdal

  

  More sectors of the economy gained jobs than lost jobs in May, Labor Department data shows.

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