The long weekend on account of the Good Friday holiday passed off quietly with scaled-back news flow and less chatter on social media. Here’s a recap of a few major headlines that hit the wire over the weekend and that may have implications for the market:
On Friday morning, the Labor Department reported solid U.S. jobs market numbers from March.
The U.S. added 236,000 jobs in March, slightly missing average economist estimates of 240,000 jobs. The unemployment rate fell 0.1% to 3.5%, below economist estimates of 3.6%. Wages were up 4.2% year-over-year and increased 0.3% from February.