The United States added 177,000 jobs in April 2025. The numbers have exploded in previous forecasts and have proven that the labor market still has a pulse despite Donald Trump's tariffs hanging on global trade.
Friday report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shown Employers continue to hire, even with the pressure of the building between Washington and its trading partners.
The job reports are above expected
The hiring figure reached properly above 133,000 analysts expected, even if it did not fall to 185,000 originally reported for March. That March number, by the way, collapsed after a revision.
The unemployment rate remained itself where it was last month – 4.2% – even any surprises. That means people are still getting hired quickly to balance the number of people entering labor force.
There are no major benefits, no basic losses. Just a labor market that refuses to crack under the weight of foreign policy chaos. This report came a few days before the next Federal Reserve meeting on May 6 and 7, where officials will decide what to do at interest rates.
So far, most entrepreneurs have not estimated any rates in the rate. The numbers do not shout in panic, and the CME Fedwatch tool shows expectations that are leaning without change.
The bond yields reaction as entrepreneurs pay the fed decision
After the work data hit, the US Treasury market quickly moved. The 10-year yield note ticked up 3 basis points to 4.262%, and the 2-year yield jumped at 4 basic points, ending in the sun at 3.748%.
A basic point is a hundred hundred a percentage, and to be clear, bond yields go up when prices go down. That flip occurs because investors start loading bonds when they think interest rates remain high.
This market movement also came correctly as the news broke that the China's Ministry of Commerce was open to restart trade negotiations in the US. Officials from Beijing said American rep reached “many times” through what they called “related parties,” which usually try to reopen discussions on Trump's blanket tariffs.
But China just doesn't roll. In the statement, Chinese authorities said they were ready to talk, but they first asked the US to clean its actions first. If Washington wants any serious conversation, it will need to “cancel unilateral tariffs” and reverse its “wrong skills.” Otherwise, Beijing warns, there is no trust left to rebuild.
So far, the US is a whip of Chinese imports with a brutal 145% tariff, and China slaps behind a 125% debt to American goods. Either side does not blink. China's statement said if the US was not acting, it would “further compromise trust in one another” and tanks any potential development before it began.
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