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Employment Report (Mar.)

The solid 192,000 increase in non-farm payrolls in March, along with the bounce back in average weekly hours worked to a four-month high of 34.5, from 34.3, confirms that the recent spate of weakness was nearly all due to the severe winter weather.

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