WASHINGTON (AP) – America’s employers unleashed a burst of hiring in March, adding 916,000 jobs in a sign that a sustained recovery from the pandemic recession is taking hold as vaccinations accelerate, stimulus checks flow through the economy, and businesses increasingly reopen.
The March increase–the most since August–was nearly double February’s gain of 468,000, the Labor Department said Friday.
The unemployment rate declined from 6.2% to 6%.
By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press