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💼📈US JOBS REPORT BEATS EXPECTATIONS: MARCH ADDS 178 THOUSAND JOBS 🔹 Unemployment drops to 4.3% with wage growth at 3.5% outpacing inflation — consumer power boosted 💰📊 🔹 March gains offset February revised loss amid construction workers earning record hourly wages 🔧🏗️ 🔹 Healthcare led with job gains, construction and manufacturing sectors both added thousands despite federal cuts 🏥⚡ 🔹 Fed holds rates at 3.75% as Iran war energy shocks threaten April outlook and inflation forecasts 🛢️⚖️ Housing market gets "small win" but mortgage rates rise for fifth straight week — spring buying remains subdued 🏠📉 #economy#jobs#Fed @america