US adds 178,000 jobs in March but Middle East war ‘likely not incorporated’
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“US adds 178,000 jobs in March, rebounding from February losses”
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— 2017 (MMXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2017th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 17th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21s…
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— In March 2025, the United States launched a large campaign of air and naval strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen. Codenamed Operation Rough Rider, it was the first large-scale US military operation…
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— The tornado outbreak of February 28 – March 2, 2007 was a deadly tornado outbreak across the southern United States that began in Kansas on February 28, 2007. The severe weather spread eastward on Mar…
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“Job gains in a slumping market were about three times the forecast, partly boosted by construction firms adding positions in warmer weather”
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“American employers added a surprisingly strong 178,000 new jobs last month, rebounding from a dismal February, while the unemployment rate dipped to 4.3 per cent”
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— American march music is march music written and/or performed in the United States. Its origins are those of European composers borrowing from the military music of the Ottoman Empire in place there fr…
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— March is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of Ma…
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— From March 13–17, 2026, a large and powerful extratropical cyclone produced a variety of significant weather across the Central United States and portions of southern Canada, consisting of a major and…
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“The Labor Department reported on Friday that hiring marked a rebound from the loss of 133,000 jobs in February”
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— The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It is responsible for the administration of federal laws governing occupational safety a…
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— The United States secretary of labor is a member of the Cabinet of the United States, and as the head of the United States Department of Labor, controls the department, and enforces and suggests laws …
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“The job gains were about three times what economists had forecast”
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“The unemployment rate was down from 4.4 per cent in February. That is partly because the labour force – those working and looking for work – dropped by 396,000 in March so fewer people were competing for jobs”
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“Healthcare companies added 76,400 jobs last month, boosted by the return of 31,000 Kaiser Permanente employees to work after the end of a strike in February”
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“Factories added 15,000 jobs last month but have still shed jobs for 14 of the last 16 months”
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