U.S. jobless rate unchanged at 6.7% in March
美国三月份失业率仍高达6.7%

US payrolls data disappointed. The U.S. economy failed to create enough jobs in March even as the abnormal winter chill dissipated.

Labor Department data shows on Friday that the US economy only allowed employers to add 192 thousand new jobs to their payrolls last month, missing a forecast of 200 thousand. That’s after adding 175,000 jobs in February. The private sector is the only contributor to job growth.

The jobless rate remained at 6.7 percent, higher than the five-year low of 6.6 percent reached in January. The data missed market expectations but the results may still leave room for the Federal Reserve to further back off from using stimulus programs.