Trump's Iran war casts shadow over economy despite strong jobs report
MSNBC·2026-04-04 16:04

In the midst of a lot of deep economic concern because of the ongoing war in Iran, among other things, we got a better-than-expected jobs report today. We saw 178 ,000 new jobs in March. That was higher, far higher than the Wall Street estimate, and the unemployment rate ticked down to 4 .3%.The night cap is still here. Ron, let's start with you. What stood out to you about this report.Well, a couple of things. There were weather-related issues with the prior months, declines in employment that were also, y ...

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