U.S. Unemployment Drops To 3.9 Percent — Lowest Since 2000
The last time the U.S. jobless percentage sat below 4 percent was in December of 1999. April brought net job gains, but fell short of economists' predictions.
Updated at 10 a.m. ET
The U.S. economy had a net gain of 164,000 last month. Unemployment â which had stood at 4.1 percent since October 2017 â fell to 3.9 percent, according to Friday's report from .
