May sees biggest jobs increase ever of 2.5 million as economy starts to recover from coronavirus
Nonfarm payrolls in May were expected to decrease by 8.333 million while the unemployment rate was seen rising to 19.5%, according to economists surveyed by Dow Jones.
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