Skip to content U.S. employers added a surprisingly strong 178,000 jobs last month, rebounding from a weak February The unemployment ticked lower to 4.3%. However, uncertainty surrounding the war with Iran is clouding the outlook for the labor market. WAS... See more
US employers added a surprisingly strong 178,000 jobs last month Paul Wiseman Fri 3 April 2026 at 12:44 pm UTC 1 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The unemployment rate was down from 4.4% in February (Getty) Am... See more
US employers added a surprisingly strong 178,000 jobs last month Paul Wiseman Fri, April 3, 2026 at 12:44 p.m. UTC 1 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The unemployment rate was down from 4.4% in February (Getty... See more
The unemployment rate was down from 4.4% in February. That is partly because the labor force — those working and looking for work — dropped by 396,000 in March so fewer people were competing for jobs. Health care companies added 76,400 jobs last month, bo... See more
U.S. payrolls were probably lifted last month by warmer weather and the return of 31,000 Kaiser Permanente employees to work after the end of a strike in February. Nancy Vanden Houten, lead U.S. economist at Oxford Economics, expects the Iran war – and th... See more
