April Jobs Report

Ezra Klein:

The economy added 244,000 jobs in April. It also added 50,000 more jobs than we thought during February and March. Aside from a few months in the spring of 2010, when the job numbers were inflated by temporary census hires, this is the single best month of job growth we’ve had since the crash.

Because we’re cutting spending rather than spending more to stimulate the economy, this picture may not portend a rosy jobs future, as Ezra also notes: