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Jobs Growth 50% Better Than Expected

A help wanted sign is displayed at a gas station in Mount Prospect, Ill., Tuesday, July 27, 2021. The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week by 14,000 to 385,000, Thursday, Aug. 5, more evidence that the economy and the job market are rebounding briskly from the coronavirus recession.(AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Job growth totaled 303,000 in March, better than expected, and unemployment was 3.8%.

Nonfarm payrolls were expected to increase by 200,000 in March and the unemployment rate was forecast to decrease to 3.8%, according to Dow Jones estimates.

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