April’s Jobs Report Crushes Estimates, but Is Trump’s Economy Actually Weaker Than It Looks?

April’s Jobs Report Crushes Estimates, but Is Trump’s Economy Actually Weaker Than It Looks?

The post April’s Jobs Report Crushes Estimates, but Is Trump’s Economy Actually Weaker Than It Looks? appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Markets don’t usually struggle with good news. They struggle with inconsistent news. And today’s jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics delivered exactly that kind of tension. The headline number showed 115,000 jobs created versus 65,000 expected, a meaningful upside surprise by any standard. Yet just be…

April Jobs Report Shatters Expectations

The reality of the Trump economy smashed bleak projections to bits in April, according to new Department of Labor data. April’s jobs report shows that employers added 115,000 jobs, according to CBS News. Economists had gone all in on bleak and bleaker, with a forecast from FactSet predicting a gain of only 65,00 jobs. Experts surveyed by The Wall Street Journal were even more pessimistic, predicting growth at only 55,000 jobs. The unemployment r…

April Jobs Report Smashes Expectations Under President Trump and Senate Republicans

Under President Trump and Senate Republicans’ leadership, 115,000 new jobs were added in April, smashing expectations once again. This comes as Americans’ tax returns soared 11% higher year-over-year thanks to the Working Families Tax Cuts. “Democrats like Jon Ossoff destroyed America’s economy by creating record-high inflation and crippling tax hikes, but President Trump and Senate Republicans are reviving America’s economy by lowering taxes, i…

JUST IN: Trump’s Latest Jobs Report Shatters Expectations Yet Again

The latest employment report for January 2024 stands as a significant example of unexpected economic resilience in the U.S. job market. With 172,000 new jobs created—largely in the private sector—this remarkable growth has caught many economists off guard. The unemployment rate has dropped to 4.3%. The ongoing narrative praises the effectiveness of the current administration’s policies, with the White House celebrating this recent surge as a sig…

'Upside surprise': Job growth surges for Trump's economy

Acting Secretary Sonderling statement on April jobs report

WASHINGTON – U.S. Acting Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling issued the following statement regarding the April 2026 Employment Situation Report:“Despite doom-and-gloom rhetoric from pundits and economists, America’s economic comeback is clearly accelerating under President Trump, with job growth now shattering expectations two months in a row. 115,000 jobs were added in April, doubling expectations and […] The post Acting Secretary Sonderling s…