US job creation increases in March as recovery gathers momentum

“The better-than-expected rebound in non-farm payrolls from 916,000 in March still leaves 8.4 million jobs below its prepandemic peak of just over a year ago, but with the vaccination program likely reach critical mass in the next two months and the next round of fiscal stimulus giving a big boost, there is finally a real light at the end of the tunnel, ”said Paul Ashworth, chief economist of the United States. United States at Capital Economics.