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March weakness unlikely to be repeated in April

We don't think that the unexpectedly weak 126,000 gain in non-farm payrolls in March signals the start of a deterioration in labour market conditions. Other indicators have remained at robust levels and our econometric model points to a 230,000 increase in April.

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