America’s employers added a solid 236,000 jobs in March, suggesting that the economy remains on solid footing despite the nine interest rate hikes the Federal Reserve has imposed over the past year in its drive to tame inflation.
Trucking jobs increased by 5,700, up to 1,612,000 from an adjusted figure of 1,606,300 in February.
The unemployment rate fell to 3.5%, just above the 53-year low of 3.4% set in January.
