The U.S. economy added 390,000 jobs in May, extending a yearlong streak of strong gains, the Labor Department said Friday. The jobless rate remained at 3.6%.

The job market is coming off an exceptional stretch in which demand vastly exceeded the supply of available workers.

This post first appeared on wsj.com

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