For the second month in a row, manufacturing sectors were surprisingly sluggish, as they lost 6,000 jobs, after a 1,000 job increase in February.
Payroll employment increases by 196,000 in March; unemployment rate remains at 3.8% https://t.co/NsuHovcqn0 #JobsReport #BLSdata
— BLS-Labor Statistics (@BLS_gov) April 5, 2019
The U6 jobless rate - considered the broadest measure of unemployment in the United States - remained at 7.3 percent in March, the lowest point since March of 2001.
Average wages continued to tick up slowly, hitting $27.70 in the month of March.
“Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have increased by 3.2 percent,” the Labor Department reported.
President Trump hailed the numbers as he spoke to reporters Friday morning at the White House.
“Our country is doing unbelievably well economically,” the President said before he left for a visit to the U.S-Mexican border.
“Most of you don't report that,” Mr. Trump told reporters.
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