{"id":124158,"date":"2026-05-08T09:09:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T12:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/todays-jobs-report-could-mark-the-start-of-a-new-normal-slower-growth\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T09:09:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T12:09:28","slug":"todays-jobs-report-could-mark-the-start-of-a-new-normal-slower-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/todays-jobs-report-could-mark-the-start-of-a-new-normal-slower-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Today\u2019s jobs report could mark the start of a new normal: Slower growth"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n When the April jobs report is released at 8:30 a.m. ET, it is expected to show that the US labor market added 65,000 positions.\n <\/p>\n

\n If so, that\u2019s roughly one-third of the 178,000 jobs<\/a> created in March.\n <\/p>\n

\n While in comparison the April total may seem like a sharp deceleration or a tepid month of employment growth, when viewed in isolation, it could seem solid or resilient \u2014 maybe even normal<\/em>.\n <\/p>\n

\n There are plenty of logical explanations for the stark shift and the undulating payroll numbers for the first few months of 2026; however, there\u2019s also something much bigger afoot: The job market is in the throes of an evolution.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThe labor market is absolutely transforming, and it\u2019s not going to look the same as our pre-2020 trends,\u201d Nicole Bachaud, a labor economist at ZipRecruiter, told CNN in an interview.\n <\/p>\n

\n There\u2019s not a clear picture yet, she said, of what the new normal is.\n <\/p>\n

\n The US job market and the broader economy have been subject to a slew of exogenous shocks during the past six years \u2013 chief among them being a once-in-a-century global pandemic.\n <\/p>\n

\n In the backdrop, however, is a series of changes more structural in nature (some of which have even been helped along by those outside shocks):\n <\/p>\n

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