 april jobs report surprising strength consistent with a slowdown today s job report for april offered a mixed bag of news about the economy and the recovery some of the news such as a real reduction in the unemployment rate not one fueled by people leaving the work force is good but some of the other numbers such as no increase in manufacturing jobs weren t so much what does it all mean read more  wwwhumaneventscom 20130503 apriljobsreportsurprisingstrengthconsistentwithasl   april jobs report surprising strength consistent with slowdown  