America’s economy defied the expectations of economic experts in March, adding jobs far beyond what was predicted.
Amid Wall Street investment uncertainty linked to the tariff policies of President Donald Trump, a new jobs report said that in middle America, the economy was growing.
The Labor Department on Friday announced that the economy added 228,000 jobs in March.
The March jobs report blew past expectations, with over 228K new jobs added!
We are already seeing the benefits of @POTUS‘ effort to reshape and rebuild our economy to put the American Worker First 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/FGEOIq2OSo
— U.S. Department of Labor (@USDOL) April 4, 2025
“We are already seeing the benefits of @POTUS’ effort to reshape and rebuild our economy to put the American Worker First,” the Labor Department posted on X.
The Wall Street Journal noted that its experts predicted the economy would add 140,0000 jobs.
The Trump economy added 117,000 jobs in February.
“One thing that I think was very positive about this report is that we’re seeing job growth in the private payroll sector, not in government jobs,” economist Alfredo Ortiz said in a video posted to X.
ORTIZ: “One thing that I think was