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New Jobs Creation Near Expectations, but Economy Clearly Is Slowing

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New Jobs Creation Near Expectations, but Economy Clearly Is Slowing
The U.S. Department of Labor Building in Washington on March 26, 2020. Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images
J.G. Collins
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New jobs created printed at 236,000 on April 7, according to the Establishment Survey, on par with market expectations of 230,000 jobs. The Household Survey printed lower, at 160,000. Net revisions were down 17,000 from January and February.

J.G. Collins
J.G. Collins
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J.G. Collins is managing director of the Stuyvesant Square Consultancy, a strategic advisory, market survey, and consulting firm in New York. His writings on economics, trade, politics, and public policy have appeared in Forbes, the New York Post, Crain’s New York Business, The Hill, The American Conservative, and other publications.
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