Article 4ED9Q US jobs report: April continues growth as 263,000 jobs added

US jobs report: April continues growth as 263,000 jobs added

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Dominic Rushe
from Economics | The Guardian on (#4ED9Q)

Economy has now added jobs every month for 103 months in a row as wages rose an annual rate of 3.2%

The US economy added 263,000 jobs in April, continuing an unprecedented run of jobs growth as the unemployment rate fell to 3.6%, a near 50-year low.

The economy has now added jobs every month for 103 months in a row, the longest streak of job creation since records began. The unemployment rate is now the lowest it has been since December 1969.

JOBS, JOBS, JOBS!

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