U.S. adds 431,000 jobs in March, Unemployment falls

Photo by: State of Virginia
Photo by: State of Virginia

(Washington, DC) -- The nation's economy added 431-thousand jobs in March.

That's down from February's revised 750-thousand. The unemployment rate fell to three-point-six percent, down from three-point-eight percent in February.

Job gains continued in leisure and hospitality, professional and business services, retail trade, and manufacturing.