US unemployment rate unexpectedly improves to 13.3%
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The US unemployment rate fell to 13.3% in May, from 14.7% in April, amid the creation of 2.51m jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The market had been expecting worse figures of 19.4% unemployment, with 7.75m jobs lost.

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