The modest 103,000 gain in payroll employment in March, which follows a massive 326,000 gain in February, is a good illustration of the inherent volatility in the non-farm payroll data. The March gain was the worst in six months. The February gain was the best in two-and-a-half years. Looking through that volatility, however, the underlying pace of employment growth appears to have picked up.
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