Jun 5, 2020

Where’d those 2.5 million jobs come from?

There's been a welcome increase in hiring in May. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images

Today we'll talk with experts and analysts about what to make of the May jobs report and what it says about the changing state of the economy.

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

by Mitchell Hartman

Jun 5, 2020

Chalk it up to parts of the economy reopening.

A Las Vegas restaurant tells potential patrons that it has reopened for dine-in business. Restaurants generated a healthy portion of May's job gains.

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"This has been going on for the entire history of this country"

by Kai Ryssdal and Bennett Purser

Jun 5, 2020

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

People in New York City protest police brutality and the death of George Floyd.

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Did PPP loans spur the jobs recovery?

by Justin Ho

Jun 5, 2020

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

President Trump during the Paycheck Protection Program signing ceremony.

Photo by Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times/Pool/Getty Images

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

by Maria Hollenhorst and Kai Ryssdal

Jun 5, 2020

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

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Music from the episode

Goat Head Brittany Howard

Puff Lah KAYTRANADA

Brokenfolks Georgia Anne Muldrow

Tea Vender On the Street Onra

If You Don't Know Me By Now Patti LaBelle

Fu-Gee-La Fugees

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

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