Economy Country May 03, 2025

U.S. Stocks Rise After Strong April Jobs Report

U.S. stocks gained on Friday as Wall Street absorbed a better-than-expected non-farm payroll report for April, signaling economic strength.


U.S. Stocks Rise After Strong April Jobs Report

On Friday, American job markets grew when the U.S. unemployment report for April turned out to be better than expected.

The report on job creation, which was published on Friday, showed that the U.S. economy created 266,000 jobs last month, despite economists' forecasts of the creation of 1 million new jobs.

"This is still a long way to go for economic recovery," said the analyst. "Today's figure turned out to be a positive signal for investors."