2026-04-03
8 分钟NPR.
This is The Indicator for Planet Money.
I'm Adrian Ma.
And I'm Darian Woods.
And it's Jobs Friday.
It 's the day of the month where we look at the latest government jobs report
and we spotlight trends in the labor market.
And today's jobs report shows a rebound.
178,000 jobs were added in March, while the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.3%.
That's raising hopes that the sluggish labor market we've been seeing might be picking up.
For months, economists have used one phrase to describe the state of the jobs market.
Low hire, low fire.
That means employers overall are not cutting many jobs, but they're also not adding much either.
Yeah, and this stagnation, the lack of workers flowing in and out of different jobs,
that can be particularly tough for people at the very start of their careers.
You know, the ones looking for entry-level jobs.
For example?
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York estimated the unemployment rate for recent college grads is 5.6%.
That's people with a bachelor's degree or higher.
But that stat only tells part of the story.