US LABOR MARKET RETURNS BACK IN MARCH, ADDING 196 THOUSANDS OF WORKERS
Job creation recorded a solid increase in March, with the non-farm payrolls figure increasing by 196,000 and the unemployment rate steady at 3.8%, according to the labor statistics bureau report on Friday.
The figure was better than the Dow Jones estimate of 175,000 growth and came after disappointing growth in February that made economists wonder whether the economic expansion that had been around for a long time was nearing its end. For the unemployment rate in accordance with expectations.
For wage growth rates down from the strong pace of late, it only rose 0.14% to the monthly level and 3.2% at the annual rate, below expectations for 3.4% growth,
The US non-farm payroll figure for this month came after a sharp decline in February which only added 20,000, which was finally revised up to 33,000 in a March report. The large increase in January which amounted to 311,000 was also pushed up to 312,000, becoming an average increase in the past three months to 180,000. This is still quite solid under the monthly average increase of 233,000 throughout 2018,