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US economy not letting war, pandemic get in the way of a good time

There are signs also that larger changes, expected by economists as part of a 'normalizing' economy, are beginning to take shape

US economy not letting war, pandemic get in the way of a good time
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Fear that the war in Ukraine would tilt the U.S. economy towards a 1970s-style bout of stagflation has given way to signs that Americans plan to keep traveling, returning to restaurants, and continuing a steady if still incomplete return to "normal."

The latest nonfarm payrolls report released Friday showed employers added 431,000 jobs in March and the unemployment rate fell to 3.6%, continuing a strong run of hiring that has left key aspects of the U.S. labor market "little different" from where they were before the pandemic, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.

An additional nearly 600,000 people were employed or looking

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