Hiring surged during the month of April according to the Labor Department.
The 288,000 gain in employment was the biggest since January 2012 and followed a 203,000 increase the prior month, Labor Department figures showed today in Washington. The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for a 218,000 advance. Unemployment dropped to 6.3 percent, the lowest level since September 2008.
The economy is recovering at a faster pace again now that Winter is finally over.
It’s curious timing, isn’t it? Winter finally goes away and hiring surges just as the Republicans move to appoint a select witch hunter committee. Is someone cooking the books? Did the White House use the Weather Weapon? Who edited the talking points?