WASHINGTON — Employers in May added the fewest number of jobs in eight months, and the unemployment rate inched up to 9.1 percent. The weakening job market raised concerns about an economy hampered by gas prices and the Japanese nuclear disaster.
Unemployment rises to 9.1 percent nationwide
Friday, June 3, 2011 | 8:02 p.m. CDT;
updated 11:23 a.m. CDT, Thursday, June 16, 2011
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