American workers saw rising wages in March, though the increases were lighter than expected and represented a deceleration from the prior month's readings.The Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday released the March jobs report, which showed the U.S. economy added 178,000 jobs for the month – beating the expectations of economists polled by LSEG who anticipated a gain of 60,000 jobs.The report found that average earnings increased 0.2% on a monthly basis and are 3.5% higher than a year ago. Those figures were both lower than expected, as the LSEG poll estimated earnings would be up 0.3% from th...
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