The latest jobs report is in. About 103,000 jobs were added in March, and the unemployment rate remained at 4.1%.
#BreakingNews: US March jobs gains 103K, missing expectations #JobsReport https://t.co/sqzDYOwDcS pic.twitter.com/4Nw2NZ9Z6L
— FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) April 6, 2018
Here’s more from Jamie Dupree:
103,000 jobs created in March as jobless rate stays at 4.1 percent
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) April 6, 2018
Job gains in January were revised down from 239k to 176k, while February was revised up from 313k to 326k
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) April 6, 2018
The size of the labor force fell by 158,000 in March, the first drop in that figure since October pic.twitter.com/8SPwIQHx4l
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) April 6, 2018
The March job gains of 103,000 were the smallest number since the September jobs report pic.twitter.com/x3kTEzhprq
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) April 6, 2018
The U6 rate, the broadest measure of unemployment, dropped to 8% – it had reached that level back in October pic.twitter.com/qXW24qgvYM
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) April 6, 2018
A few things to note: For starters, March saw a record number of women employed– 72,548,000, to be exact.
The Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday that 155,178,000 Americans were employed in March, just 37,000 fewer than February’s record 155,215,000.
However, the number of women, age 16 and over, employed in March reached an all-time high of 72,548,000, which is 18,000 more than February’s record. The number of employed men, ages 16 and over, dropped 55,000 from February’s record high.
On another note, President Trump has eliminated 21,000 federal jobs since taking office.
The federal government cut an additional 1,000 jobs in March, bringing the total number of federal government jobs eliminated since President Donald Trump took office to 21,000, according to data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
In December 2016, the month before Trump was inaugurated, the federal government employed 2,810,000. In March 2018, that was down to 2,789,000.
I’m GLAD to see the federal workforce shrinking.
So that’s the general look at last month’s job situation. Not too bad, but not the greatest in the world. I’d still say the big highlight is the record female employment. It’s amazing, especially since we have a such a TOTAL SEXIST WOMAN HATER in office, right?
h/t CNS News