Unlike past leaders, my goal is to ensure that this power of incentives works in America's favor, said US president Donald Trump
The sharp step-down in payrolls was another blow to President Donald Trump who has suffered a series of setbacks in recent weeks
Economists blame soft productivity on a shortage of workers, which could be an obstacle to faster economic growth
The unemployment rate is forecast to stay steady at the 4.1% recorded a month earlier
That is the longest such stretch since 1970, when the labor market was smaller
Wage gains have remained sluggish even as the unemployment rate has tumbled to a 16-year low of 4.3%