3.4%. black unemployment a lowest ever level of 4.7%. job gains in health care, in the restaurant industry, construction, wages climbing, us is purltives are plenty. but yes, also disruptive. the fed suggesting this week it might be done with interest rate hikes, but these jobs numbers spiking after a downward trnd the past three months underlies the effect to cool the economy to tame inflation. let s get to new york and matt egan. walk us through the big numbers, and forgive me if i have to interrupt. this historic jobs boom continues. despite everything going on now, despite the fed slamming the brakes on the economy, despite the worst banking crisis since 2008, and despite the wave of tech layoffs we keep hearing about, people thought hiring would slow down in april. instead, it accelerated. 253,000 jobs added. 3.4% unemployment rate. to go low you have to go back to 1953 under dwight eisenhower. we saw across the board solid numbers here. professional services, health c
out there that aren t watching this debate is that we should negotiate. we should talk about spending and taxes and what we need to do to avoid another potential debt default in the future. so there s a little bit of division within the democratic party, even though the party at large is largely unified on this. there s division in president biden has to deal with that as well. you can tell that event was part of the positioning, trying to pour a little cement in his position. we ll see. when we come back a potential turning point in the war in ukraine. why the head of the wagner group says he will pull his forces out of the city of bakhmut. ork helping them achieve financial freedom.m. we re proud t to serve people everywhere, in investing for the retirement they envision. from thehe plains to the coast, wewe help americans invest for their future. and help communities thrive.