Do you want to take the number of jobs predicted by analysts to be added for May? Or double it and pass it along? The Labor Department did the latter, announcing yesterday that the US added a seasonally adjusted 172,000 jobs last month, well above expectations of ~80,000 from Dow Jones. It’s a good sign that the labor market has been steadily emerging from an earlier slump, despite continued concerns about inflation, oil prices, and the impact of AI.