The Department of Labor's latest job numbers show that 430,000 jobs were added to the to nonfarm payrolls last month, which brings the unemployment rate to 9.7%, down from 9.9 in April. However, 411,000 of those jobs were temporary census jobs and economists were expecting around 536,000 jobs to be added. The disappointing news means stock futures are down.
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