this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt suzanne: good evening, everyone. susie gharib is off tonight. the u.s. economy is creating jobs in a meaningful way and it s no april fools. tom, the march employment report was better than expected, capping off the strongest two months of hiring since the recession started. tom: suzanne, the labor market recovery finally appears to be gathering speed. the unemployment rate slipped to 8.8% last month. that two-year low came as more people stopped looking for work and were no longer counted as unemployed. employers added 216,000 new jobs to payrolls and the february number was revised higher. suzanne: it was the kind of labor news that wall street and main street have been waiting to hear for a long time. reporter: not one, but two straight months of solid job creation for the u.s. economy. the private sector did the heavy lifting in march a