In April, job growth in the United States slowed slightly but remained stable.

The U.S. economy continued to steadily add jobs in April, despite a slight slowdown in job growth during a month of changing tariff announcements and market turbulence. The U.S. Department of Labor reported on Friday that the U.S. added 177,000 jobs in April, higher than the expected 130,000 but lower than the 185,000 added in March. The decline in federal government employment dragged down the overall employment numbers, with a loss of 9,000 jobs in the federal government in April. James Knightley, an economist at ING Financial Markets, said that seeing widespread layoffs takes a long time to prepare for, but we will have to be prepared for significantly weaker employment numbers and face the threat of a substantial slowdown in hiring.