Karoline Leavitt Says Economy Is 'Starting To Roar’ Despite Market Free Fall
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The optimism from the White House press secretary comes days after President Donald Trump's "liberation day" tariff news sparked economic panic.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed that the U.S. economy was beginning to ramp up amid a nationwide panic following President Donald Trump’s so-called “liberation day” tariff announcement.
“GREAT NEWS! The economy is starting to roar with a strong 228,000 jobs added in the month of March — well ahead of the market’s expectation,” Leavitt wrote on X, formerly Twitter, citing data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday.
Despite the anxieties surrounding the Trump administration’s deep cuts to the federal work force, approximately 228,000 nonfarm jobs were added in March, according to the survey. Unemployment rose slightly, from 4.1% to 4.2%, and the bureau noted that government employment declined.
Leavitt attributed positive news in the labor market to Trump’s “push to onshore jobs,” but many manufacturing companies in the U.S. have laid off workers as a result of Trump’s economic policies, including steelmaker Cleveland-Cliffs and automaker Stellantis, which owns Jeep, Citroen and Ram.
She also mentioned “a sharp increase” in construction, but the BLS said there was “little change” in that industry.
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