The Housing Chronicles Blog: March job growth dips to 103,000, unemployment rate unchanged at 4.1 percent

Friday, April 6, 2018

March job growth dips to 103,000, unemployment rate unchanged at 4.1 percent

Total nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 103,000 in March, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1 percent.   This was the lowest rate of job growth since September 2017. Employment increased in manufacturing, health care, and mining.


The labor force participation rate, at 62.9 percent, changed little in March, and the employment-population ratio held at 60.4 percent.


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