US economy adds 126,000 jobs in March but unemployment sticks at 5.5%

Economy adds only half what analysts had predicted as Obama says 'we've got to stay humming'

The US economy added 126,000 jobs in March - but the unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.5%.

The March jobs report failed to meet expectations; although economists had expected the unemployment rate to hold steady at 5.5%, which it did, they had predicted that the non-farm payroll would grow by 245,000 jobs.