Friday, April 04, 2025

US job growth beats expectations in March

The U.S. economy added far more jobs than expected in March, but President Donald Trump's sweeping import tariffs could test the labor market's resilience in the months ahead amid sagging business confidence and a stock market selloff. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 228,000 jobs last month after a downwardly revised 117,000 rise in February, the Labor Department said in its closely watched employment report on Friday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast payrolls advancing by 135,000 jobs after a previously reported 151,000 rise in February. Estimates ranged from 50,000 to 185,000. The unemployment rate rose to 4.2% from 4.1% in February. The labor market is being underpinned by low layoffs, generating solid wage gains that are helping to sustain the economic expansion.

Comments

Biden economy.

Trump's economy took over just this week.

You won't be bragging about anything soon enough.

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2025-04-04 09:48 AM

Posted by gracieamazed

You really are strange. Trump is already causing higher prices and mass layoffs. Considering this I think that you people would want to hide for a while.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2025-04-04 09:50 AM

She's a ------- fat idiot.

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-04-04 11:06 AM

Oh oh! Do April and May next!

Let's see how that works out for you.

(By the way, those aren't huge numbers. It just beat expectations.)

#4 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-04-04 12:25 PM

The demented sack of---------- fired the Doctor who saved his life.

www.dailykos.com

#5 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-04-04 04:34 PM

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