Tag: Curtis Long

• Sunday, April 3rd 2016 - 07:43 UTC

  US economy gains confidence: 215.000 more jobs in March and 1.4% growth in fourth quarter

  The US economy added 215,000 jobs in March, a little less than it did in February when 242,000 jobs were created. The unemployment rate has risen to 5% from 4.9%, which was an eight-year low, but the Labor Department said more Americans were finding jobs, which suggested a sign of confidence in the US economy. In effect this follows the report on the US economy which grew at an annualized rate of 1.4% in the fourth quarter of 2015s.