April adds robust 177,000 jobs - Hiring holds up

Friday, May 02, 2025

U.S. hiring remained sturdy in April as the economy added 177,000 jobs despite jitters over President Donald Trump's massive import tariffs and widening federal government layoffs. Ahead of the report, economists forecast 135,000 job gains, according to a Bloomberg survey. The unemployment rate held steady at 4.2%, the Labor Department said Friday. "The R' word that the labor market is demonstrating in this report is resilience, certainly not recession," said Olu Sonola, head of U.S. economic research for Fitch Ratings. Expand article logo Continue reading So far this year, monthly job gains are averaging 143,000, down from 168,000 in 2024 but a solid figure in light of heightened uncertainty over the Trump administration's economic policies and stock market turmoil.

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Don't expect any comments on this Gracie, they were betting the farm on a collapse that didn't happen.

#1 | Posted by Bluewaffles at 2025-05-02 10:39 AM | Reply

Putin's noxious DNA receptacle has the worst jobs record of any POTUS since Hoover. How impressive.

#2 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-05-02 10:46 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

they were betting the farm on a collapse that didn't happen.

#1 | Posted by Bluewaffles

1) Don't own a farm

2) Don't trust anything Trump's government tells me about the economy. No reason to. Predictable that we'd have a good jobs report this month because last month's was so bad. Donald Trump is a man who has said, many times, that he NEVER MAKES A MISTAKE.

3) If there is no "collapse", fine with me. I'm not into pain for pain's sake. But any HONEST man knows that the pain has already started;and any HONEST man knows that it's going to get worse.

4) Even if Donald Trump does deliver on his Golden Age, he's still fascist scum, and that's a wee bit hard to get over.

#3 | Posted by Zed at 2025-05-02 10:56 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Don't expect any comments on this Gracie

#1 | Posted by Bluewaffles

So, GRACIE. Did you get what you expected?

#4 | Posted by Zed at 2025-05-02 10:57 AM | Reply

So, you are telling me 'the experts' were wrong again? We are starting to see a pattern here. No matter how much the Dems try to talk down the economy and spark panic due to their supply of cheap Chinese crap being cut off, the Trump economy just keeps on rolling. Promises made / promises kept.

#5 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-02 11:00 AM | Reply

"Predictable that we'd have a good jobs report this month because last month's was so bad.
#3 | Posted by Zed"

Last month's job report crushed expectations - what the f are you talking about? You really need to lay off the CNN and MSNBC.

www.morningstar.com
"The US economy added 228,000 jobs in March, according to the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

.....

Economists forecast that the US economy added 125,000 jobs in March"

#6 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-02 11:03 AM | Reply

Bureau of Labor Statistics.

#6 | Posted by ScottS

Fake news then.

#7 | Posted by Zed at 2025-05-02 11:07 AM | Reply

Donald Trump and Herbert Hoover are the only U.S. presidents on record who left office with fewer total jobs than when they entered office.

#8 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-05-02 11:08 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

#6 | Posted by ScottS a

On what basis should I believe anything that Trump says about the economy?

He's a Liar with every motivation to lie.

Just like you.

#9 | Posted by Zed at 2025-05-02 11:09 AM | Reply

And Zed, you're a manic poster who needs to be on anti-psychotics so here we all are.

#10 | Posted by Bluewaffles at 2025-05-02 11:10 AM | Reply

"On what basis should I believe anything that Trump says about the economy?
#9 | Posted by Zed"

LOL - yeah, just live in your own private reality -------. Don't you ever sick of being wrong? Don't you ever get sick of being lied to by BlueAnon?

#11 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-02 11:11 AM | Reply

#6 | Posted by ScottS

It is not in your interest to come to terms with the fact that Trump simply makes ---- up. to gain even any transient advantage.

I think that beating him and you over the heads with one of your favorite concepts, "fake news", is fun.

Can you provide any reason why anyone would stop?

#12 | Posted by Zed at 2025-05-02 11:12 AM | Reply

And Zed, you're a manic poster who needs to be on anti-psychotics

#10 | Posted by Bluewaffles

You can put me on meds the instant I' like Trump, tell you that I've never made a mistake.

You can also give me meds if I ever assert that vaccines are made out of "fetal debris".

#13 | Posted by Zed at 2025-05-02 11:13 AM | Reply

Don't you ever sick of being wrong? D

#11 | Posted by ScottS

I'll bite.

What do you think I've been wrong about?

Now, unlike your Orange god, I do admit to being wrong from time to time.

It will be nifty, flattering, to see how much attention you really pay to me.

#14 | Posted by Zed at 2025-05-02 11:16 AM | Reply

And Zed, you're a manic poster

#10 | Posted by Bluewaffles

Post in short bursts that might seem like mania to someone who is ignorant.

#15 | Posted by Zed at 2025-05-02 11:17 AM | Reply

"What do you think I've been wrong about?
#14 | Posted by Zed"

------- - look at my post #6. When have you ever been right?

#16 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-02 11:18 AM | Reply

look at my post #6.

#16 | Posted by ScottS

Fake news.

#17 | Posted by Zed at 2025-05-02 11:20 AM | Reply

Promises made / promises kept.

I guess that must be why Trump is already blaming Bide, huh dips(*&?

#18 | Posted by jpw at 2025-05-02 11:23 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

16 | Posted by ScottS

It can't be repeated often enough....Donald Trump is a Liar.

And that Donald Trump is a Liar is something you and BLUE can't refute.

So when I call Trump a liar, even in advance of any concrete evidence, I am likely to be right.

And that is also something you can't refute.

Disbelieving Donald, and his government, is a priori the smart thing to do.

#19 | Posted by Zed at 2025-05-02 11:25 AM | Reply

"#19 | Posted by Zed "

Wow...Trump has really melted your brain. It is going to be a long 8 years for you.

#20 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-02 11:37 AM | Reply

And Zed, you're a manic poster

10 | Posted by Bluewaffles

Says a self proclaimed manic troll.

#21 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-05-02 11:38 AM | Reply

Trump has really melted your brain.

#20 | Posted by ScottS

Nah. Real people know how to deal with Liars.

#22 | Posted by Zed at 2025-05-02 11:38 AM | Reply

It is going to be a long 8 years for you.

#20 | POSTED BY SCOTTS

If the first 100 days are any example then the dog days of just this summer alone in Trumplandia will seem like a hundred years.

#23 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-05-02 11:41 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#20 | Posted by ScottS a

It would be a really interesting conversation in social psychology if we could examine why people like you choose to see a man like Trump, who lies to everyone all the time, as being an honest man?

#24 | Posted by Zed at 2025-05-02 11:42 AM | Reply

It is going to be a long 8 years for you.

#20 | POSTED BY SCOTTS

The man will die in office, so I will be cut a break.

#25 | Posted by Zed at 2025-05-02 11:43 AM | Reply

"#22 | Posted by Zed"

Nah dude. Your brain is melted. You are nutty even by Canadian standards.

#26 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-02 11:46 AM | Reply

"as being an honest man?
#24 | Posted by Zed"

Who ever said that? Trump lies and exaggerates all the time - ALL POLITICIANS lie and exaggerate. You don't need to make up a false argument now.

#27 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-02 11:48 AM | Reply

I suppose comments about leading and trailing economic indicators are wasted on you drooling MAGAT imbeciles

#28 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-05-02 07:22 PM | Reply

"a collapse that didn't happen."

Hasn't happened yet.

Also I'm not betting on it. Or against it. I'm not invested in the S&P 500 at all any more. Too much uncertainty thanks to madamn in charge, there is not enough reward to justify the risk.

#29 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-02 07:29 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"I suppose comments about leading and trailing economic indicators
#28 | Posted by LegallyYourDead"

Did you learn about that in your pretend law school or pretend undergrad university?

#30 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-02 08:01 PM | Reply

"I'm not invested in the S&P 500 at all any more. Too much uncertainty thanks to madamn in charge
#29 | Posted by snoofy"

Yeah - your lack of investment is due to Trump and not the fact that you are an economic failure without 2 nickels to rub together.

#31 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-02 08:02 PM | Reply

This is good if you don't think about long term effects of Trump on jobs and the economy (hint: it's all going to go to $#!+)

#32 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-05-02 08:47 PM | Reply

"This is good if you don't think about long term effects of Trump on jobs and the economy (hint: it's all going to go to $#!+)
#32 | Posted by hamburglar"

And when the exact opposite happens (as it will), what will you have to whine about then? Will you just go back to whining how your last liberal sexual kink is not being encouraged in schools?

#33 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-02 10:01 PM | Reply