288,000 jobs in April

By Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias May 2, 2014, 8:31am EDT

Payroll employment rises 288,000 in April; unemployment rate falls to 6.3% http://t.co/5HLT6U18ZT #JobsReport #BLSdata
— BLS-Labor Statistics (@BLS_gov) May 2, 2014

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