‘Tipping Point’: What To Know About Good Friday’s Jobs Report

Another blockbuster jobs report is coming. Or so we're told. Employers likely added 643,000 positions in March, economists reckon, a hiring bonanza that will manifest in the best headline NFP print since October. "Best since October" doesn't sound particularly noteworthy, but remember, this is all still in the pandemic context. Outside of that context, a 643,000 print would be rather anomalous. The figure (below) trims the scale on the y-axis in order to make the chart legible. My apologies if