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US Jobs Gain of 178,000 Tops Forecasts, Unemployment Falls
Workers outside a cafe in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, March 11, 2026.
Photographer: Valerie Plesch/BloombergUS job growth rebounded in March and the unemployment rate unexpectedly fell, suggesting the labor market was stabilizing as the Iran war began.
Nonfarm payrolls rose 178,000 last month, the most since the end of 2024, after revisions showed a sharper decline in February, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data out Friday. That was higher than all estimates in a Bloomberg survey.