{"id":1004228476,"date":"2018-05-08T05:23:34","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T13:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004228476"},"modified":"2022-12-08T14:34:15","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T22:34:15","slug":"economy-watch-weekly-april-job-growth-below-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-weekly-april-job-growth-below-expectations\/","title":{"rendered":"Economy Watch Weekly: April Job Growth Below Expectations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1004127908\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-weekly-new-goods\/cperadio\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/09\/CPERadio.png\" data-orig-size=\"930,608\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CPERadio\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Listen to the podcast above.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/09\/CPERadio.png?w=930\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1004127908\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/09\/CPERadio.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/09\/CPERadio.png 930w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/09\/CPERadio.png?resize=300,196 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/09\/CPERadio.png?resize=768,502 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The U.S. economy created a modest 164,000 new jobs in April, below the 189,000 that were forecast for the month. While the gain is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-weekly-job-growth-slows-in-march\/\">more than the revised total<\/a> of 135,000 jobs in March, it is less than the average monthly gain of 191,000 jobs over the last 12 months. Economy Editor Dees Stribling discusses the full jobs report\u2014including the record-low unemployment rate\u2014for the week ending May 4, 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. economy did not create as many jobs as expected for the month, according the Bureau of Labor Statistics latest jobs report. 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