Employers kept hiring steadily in April, unfazed by tariff announcements

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Since January, federal payrolls have shrunk by 26,000.(Workers on paid leave are counted as employed in the data.

The economy added 177,000 jobs, just a tick lower than the 185,000 added in March, with major gains in health care, transportation and warehousing, and financial services.

The survey on which the jobs report is based was conducted in mid-April, the week after "Liberation Day" tariffs were announced.

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Author / Journalist: Irina Ivanova

Category: EconomyBusiness

Markets: United States

Topics: Unemployment Employment U.S. jobs report

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Published On: 2025-05-02 @ 12:49:20 (1 weeks ago)

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