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    The March Jobs Report Misses Expectations

    Three takeaways from the Labor Department’s snapshot of the economy
    by Bourree Lam Apr 07, 2017 2 minutes
    Source: Carlo Allegri / Reuters

    On Friday, the Labor Department reported that 98,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in March, while the unemployment rate fell to 4.5 percent. The report missed expectations: Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal were expecting 175,000 jobs to be added. Here are the three most important takeaways.

    Well before the jobs report landed on due to the weather factor. Conversely, unseasonably warm weather might have boosted the numbers for February.

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