The March Jobs Report Misses Expectations
Three takeaways from the Labor Department’s snapshot of the economy
by Bourree Lam
Apr 07, 2017
2 minutes
On Friday, the Labor Department reported that 98,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in March, while the unemployment rate fell to 4.5 percent. The report missed expectations: Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal were expecting 175,000 jobs to be added. Here are the three most important takeaways.
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