The Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) has released the jobs and employment data for April [SEE HERE]. Within the data we see 177,000 jobs were gained, beating expectations of 133,000. The unemployment rate remains unchanged at 4.2%. Federal government employment declined by 9,000 in April [BLS, Table B-1] Health care added 51,000 jobs: consisting […]
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