Oh darn. Employers added 339,000 jobs in May, in the latest sign that the booming labor market is keeping us from a recession. But these are experienced journalists, and they will come up with the dark cloud to hide the silver lining, by God: The Washington Post: The unemployment rate rose to 3.7 percent last month, up from 3.4 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. The May jobs report reveals the 29th straight month of strong job growth that has come to define the pandemic recovery economy.