Last month’s hiring gain of 175,000 is down sharply from the blockbuster increase of 315,000 in March, and well below the 233,000 gain that economists had predicted.
The next big data drop comes on Friday with the release of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’s jobs report.
Consumers are becoming increasingly thrifty, bypassing McDonald’s promotional deals.
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