‘Golden Age Has Begun’: March Jobs Report Spells Great News For Trump
The U.S. added 228,000 jobs in March, far above the 140,000 economists had projected, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). March’s job gains far outnumbered the 117,000 jobs added…
The U.S. added 228,000 jobs in March, far above the 140,000 economists had projected, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
March’s job gains far outnumbered the 117,000 jobs added in February, the BLS reported. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate ticked up slightly in March to 4.2%, up from 4.1% in February, according to the BLS.
“I think it’s important to view this report with a little bit of caution,” Lydia Mashburn Newman, managing director of monetary economics at the American Institute for Economic Research, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “But the report itself does indicate that the jobs market is looking pretty good and says that the economy was doing pretty good when the surveys were taken.”
“That’s healthy job growth, and would indicate that the economy is doing well,” Newman added.
Federal government payrolls declined by 4,000 in March, following a loss of 11,000 jobs in February, according to the BLS. Notably, February marked the largest