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| Job Growth Bounces back from February Growth drought |
| 2019-04-06 |
| [CNBC] Job creation posted a solid rebound in March, with nonfarm payrolls expanding by 196,000 and the unemployment rate holding steady at 3.8 percent, according to a Burea of Labor Statistics report Friday. That was better than the 175,000 Dow Jones estimate and comes after a dismal February [initially just 20k job growth later revised to 33k] that had economists wondering whether the decade-old economic expansion was nearing an end. The unemployment rate met expectations. Wage gains fell off the recent strong pace, increasing just 0.14 percent for the month and 3.2 percent year over year, below expectations of the 3.4 percent pace from last month. The average work week increased by 0.1 hour to 34.5 hours. A broader gauge of unemployment tha also counts discouraged workers and those holding part-time jobs for economic reasons also was unchaged at 7.3 percent. The measure, known as the "real unemployment rate" is down from 7.9 percent a year ago. Job gains were fairly broad based. |
| Posted by:lord garth |