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The March US jobs report will be released on Friday. Here's what to expect
Nonfarm payrolls are expected to bounce back — barely — in March as the bar keeps getting lower for what constitutes a healthy labor market. The U.S. economy is projected to show job gains of 59,000 for the month, an anemic rate by the standards of previous years this decade but enough to keep the unemployment rate at 4.4%. If the estimate is reasonably accurate, it actually would represent above-trend job growth for a labor market that has created virtually no jobs over the past year. Immigration restrictions, shifting demographics and geopolitical uncertainty have left companies eager neither to hire nor fire ... (full story)
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