The American economy exceeds expectations to add 228,000 jobs in March

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The US economy added 228,000 jobs in March, bypassing expectations, in a sign of flexibility despite the offensive discounts of the Trump administration to the federal workforce.

On Friday from the Labor Statistics Office, an increase in February exceeded 151,000 jobs and 135,000 by the Reuters economists.

The data only sparked the defeated market reaction, as investors instead focused on economic repercussions of assembly Definitions US President Donald Trump announced this week.

The future of the S&P 500 has not changed largely after the data, a decrease of 3 percent a day.

The bond yield remained a sharp decrease, as the return on the cabinet decreased for two years, which is inversely transmitted to prices, by 0.18 Celsius, 3.56 percent lower amid a trip to safety.

The best labor market number will help to reduce fears that American economy It was already slowing before the announcement of the complete explosion of the Trump tariff this week.

However, due to the display of the White House fees on the largest American commercial partners in the coming days, data may be replaced by increasing risks to the global economy.

“Given the market turmoil we face, it will be overlooked to a large extent because this is the old history now,” said James Knightley, the chief international economist in Engi.

“We are now in an environment where the consumer environment and the economic environment appear dark than it was last week.”

Global markets fell below after Trump announced the sharp fees for commercial partners in the United States on Wednesday, as it eliminated about $ 2.5 trillion of the market value in Wall Street and eradicating post -election gains in dollars.

The federal reserve was already considering how to respond to dual threats of dull growth and continuous inflation.

The so -called Ministry of Governmental efficiency of Trump has led tens of thousands of positions in an aggressive effort to put out the federal bureaucracy.