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Apr 7, 2023 · Key Points. Nonfarm payrolls grew by 236,000 for March, compared to the Dow Jones estimate for 238,000 and below the upwardly revised 326,000 in February. The unemployment rate ticked lower to...
Apr 7, 2023 · Employers added 236,000 jobs in March, a more moderate pace of hiring that showed the Federal Reserve’s inflation-fighting campaign was gradually taking hold.
Apr 7, 2023 · The unemployment rate dropped to 3.5%, according to the March jobs report released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Economists were expecting a net gain of 239,000 jobs for the...
Apr 7, 2023 · Today’s report shows that we continue to face economic challenges from a position of strength, with the economy adding 236,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate at 3.5%.
Apr 7, 2023 · The U.S. economy generated hearty job growth in March, but at a slowing rate that appeared to reflect the toll of steadily rising interest rates. Employers added 236,000 jobs in the month on a...
Leisure and hospitality added 72,000 jobs in March, lower than the average monthly gain of 95,000 over the prior 6 months. Most of the job growth occurred in food services and drinking places, where employment rose by 50,000 in March. Employment in leisure and hospitality is below its pre-pandemic February 2020 level by 368,000, or 2.2 percent.
Mar 10, 2023 · March 10, 2023. Federal Reserve officials received a complicated signal from February’s employment report, which showed that job growth retained substantial momentum nearly a year into the...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Julie McClain Downey issued the following statement on the March 2023 Employment Situation Report: March 10, 2023. Statement by US Secretary of Labor Walsh on February Jobs Report.
Apr 7, 2023 · Hiring slowed a bit in March, as U.S. employers added 236,000 jobs. The unemployment rate dipped to 3.5%, even as nearly half-a-million new people joined the workforce.
Employment growth in government has slowed in recent months, following larger job gains in 2023 and the first quarter of 2024. Employment showed little change over the month in other major industries, including mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction; manufacturing; wholesale trade; retail trade; financial activities; professional and ...
