March saw an increase of 228,000 jobs, even as government employment declined, according to the new monthly report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The Friday report puts wind in the sails of the Trump administration, as it attempts to sell the American public on its bold restructuring of the U.S. economy.
“GREAT JOB NUMBERS, FAR BETTER THAN EXPECTED. IT’S ALREADY WORKING. HANG TOUGH, WE CAN’T LOSE!!!” said President Donald Trump on Truth Social on Friday in all capital letters for emphasis.
Although the unemployment rate (4.2%) and the total number of unemployed people (7.1 million) remained mostly unchanged, the gain of 228,000 nonfarm payroll jobs is a big spike compared with previous months.
The report mentions that this gain is “higher than the average monthly gain of 158,000 over the prior 12 months.”
More specifically, job gains were seen…
