March Jobs Report Smashes Expectations - 63% More Jobs Added Than Economists Predicted

Amid media hysteria, the U.S. economy outperformed in March, according to the jobs report released today. 

Employers added 228,000 new jobs, significantly exceeding economists' predictions, who had anticipated a gain of approximately 140,000 jobs for the month. In other words, the actual jobs number was 63% higher than predicted. 

The unemployment rate did rise to 4.2%, but it's important to remember that this is because of useless government jobs being lost. 

Key sectors driving the employment surge included healthcare, which added 54,000.