U.S. economy adds 115,000 jobs in April, while jobless rate holds steady
Data: Bureau of Labor Statistics; Chart: Courtenay Brown/Axios The U.S. economy added 115,000 jobs in April, while the unemployment rate held at 4.3%, the Labor Department said on Friday. Why it matters: Employers kept hiring through the Iran war’s energy shock, a sign of labor market resilience that complicates the case for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates. By the…
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