Posted on Friday, April 4, 2025
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by Alan Jamison
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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released a new jobs report Friday showing that 228,000 jobs were added to the economy in March, surpassing expectations by 88,000 jobs. The news is another welcome sign that Trump’s economic approach is working amid a turbulent stock market and investor backlash to the administration’s sweeping new tariffs imposed this week.
Overall, the number of full-time workers increased by 459,000 last month, with 209,000 jobs added in private employment. The number of federal government jobs decreased by 4,000 – a marked shift from the Biden administration, when a significant portion of job growth came from adding more government jobs. The Trump administration is working quickly to shrink the federal government in an effort to reduce spending and waste.
“We blew it out of the market. We blew it out of the water,” Department of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer said following the release of the March numbers. “That is not what people were expecting. But they are responding to Trump’s vision and Trump’s economy, and I couldn’t be more honored to serve as the labor secretary during this time in America.”
“One thing that I think was very positive about this report is that we’re seeing job growth in the private payroll sector, not in government jobs,” said Alfredo Ortiz, the President and CEO of the Job Creators Network, on Fox Business. “In the prior administration, job growth was in government jobs… which is all on the taxpayer dime.”
The jobs report saw growth in areas the Trump administration has targeted with tariffs. Construction employment increased by 13,000 and manufacturing employment increasing by 1,000 jobs, adding to 8,000 new manufacturing jobs in February. The country lost a total 15,000 manufacturing jobs in December and January, the last two months of Biden’s presidency.
Trump commented on the jobs report and explained that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell should use this opportunity to cut interest rates.
“This would be a PERFECT time for Fed Chairman Jerome Powell to cut Interest Rates,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “He is always ‘late,’ but he could now change his image, and quickly. Energy prices are down, Interest Rates are down, Inflation is down, even Eggs are down 69%, and Jobs are UP, all within two months – A BIG WIN for America. CUT INTEREST RATES, JEROME, AND STOP PLAYING POLITICS!”
When asked, however, Powell said “it feels like we don’t need to be in a hurry” regarding interest rate cuts.
The March jobs report is yet another positive sign for the Trump economy after inflation data also beat expectations in February, easing to 2.8 percent. The official March inflation statistics are expected later this month, but early indications suggest the measure could have decreased even further.
The biggest economic concern remains the struggling stock market, which is down more than 7.8 percent since January 1. Trump has said a correction in the market was to be expected, but advised Americans to “hang tough” as the economy recalibrates toward a domestic rather than international manufacturing base.
Regardless of market turmoil, more positive inflation data and jobs numbers like the country has seen so far during Trump’s second term could signal a coming economic boom like the one seen during the president’s first term.
Alan Jamison is the pen name of a political writer with extensive experience writing for several notable politicians and news outlets.
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