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US adds 115,000 jobs in April, but experts warn of hidden weakness

South China Morning Post · · 183 words · By Agence France-Presse
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“US adds 115,000 jobs in April”
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The claim that the US added 115,000 jobs in April is reported by Nypost, ZeroHedge, and Forex Factory.
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web search NEUTRAL — The three largest airlines in the world, by total number of passengers carried, are U.S.-based; American Airlines became the global leader after its 2013 merger with US Airways. [405]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States
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web search NEUTRAL — The most known companies are based in US: McDonald's, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Google and etc. US nature is very rich and diverse and full of beautiful National Parks and landscapes.
https://ontheworldmap.com/usa/
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · White House USA.gov Office of the Inspector General Archives Contact Us Freedom 250 follow us Privacy Policy Accessibility Statement Copyright Information FOIA No FEAR Act
https://www.state.gov/
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“The gains mainly came in the healthcare, transport and warehousing and retail trade sectors”
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Multiple independent sources (Forex Factory, ZeroHedge, and another web search result) explicitly state that job gains occurred in health care, transportation and warehousing, and retail trade.
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web search NEUTRAL — Job gains occurred in health care, transportation and warehousing, and retail trade. Federal government employment continued to decline. This news release presents statistics from two monthly surveys.
https://www.forexfactory.com/news/1397480-the-us-employment-…
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web search NEUTRAL — In April, job gains occurred in health care, transportation and warehousing, and retail trade. Federal government employment continued to decline. Health care added 37,000 jobs, in line with the avera…
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/us-jobs-jump-115k-smashing…
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web search NEUTRAL — Where jobs were gained, lost. Healthcare and social assistance – an industry buoyed by an aging population – was once again a leading driver of job gains, adding an estimated 53,900 positions last mon…
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/08/economy/us-jobs-report-ap…
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“the unemployment rate remained steady”
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While Forex Factory and Roic News state the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.3%, a YouTube source claims the unemployment rate rose to 14.7% in April, creating a direct contradiction.
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web search NEUTRAL — Total nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 115,000 in April, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in health …
https://www.forexfactory.com/news/1397480-the-us-employment-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Latest US unemployment figures show that 20.5 million Americans lost their jobs in April, taking the unemployment rate to 14.7 per cent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGP7u_ghr-0
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web search NEUTRAL — Unemployment Rate in the United States decreased to 4.30 percent in March from 4.40 percent in February of 2026.
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/unemployment-rate
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“Total nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 115,000 in April, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.3 per cent”
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The specific figures of 115,000 nonfarm payroll jobs and an unemployment rate of 4.3% are corroborated by Forex Factory and Roic News.
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web search NEUTRAL — The US economy created 115,000 jobs in April as businesses kept hiring despite the economic fallout from the US-Israel war in Iran. The increase was stronger than expected, with the total almost twice…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx21664lp32o
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web search NEUTRAL — Total nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 115,000 in April, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
https://www.forexfactory.com/news/1397480-the-us-employment-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Nonfarm payrolls rose by 115,000 in April, exceeding forecasts of 55,000.The unemployment rate held steady at 4.3%, while wage growth moderated.Revisions to prior months painted a mixed picture of lab…
https://www.roic.ai/news/us-jobs-beat-expectations-as-unempl…
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“economists polled by Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal expecting growth of 55,000”
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While Roic News mentions forecasts of 55,000 for April, the other source mentioning 55,000 refers to January. There is only one clear source corroborating the 55,000 forecast specifically for April.
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web search NEUTRAL — The median forecasts in this calendar come from surveys of economists conducted by Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal. All statistics in this calendar are in expressed in nominal terms un…
https://www.marketwatch.com/economy-politics/calendar
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web search NEUTRAL — The United States added 130,000 jobs last month, the Department of Labour said, significantly higher than the 55,000 predicted in surveys by Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal. The jobles…
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article…
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web search NEUTRAL — Breaking news and analysis from the U.S. and around the world at WSJ.com. Politics, Economics, Markets, Life & Arts, and in-depth reporting.WSJ | Buy Side. Reviews and recommendations, independent of …
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