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Job Growth in U.S. Restaurants and Bars Jumps in March

Erika Adams

Photo Caption: Job growth in the industry flew back up to historic highs in the past month. Photo by chuttersnap on Unsplash

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After a sudden, surprising slowdown in February, it's good to see the numbers rebound this month.

Restaurants and bars in the U.S. added 27,000 jobs in the past month, quieting rumblings of an economic slowdown following February's unexpectedly low job growth numbers for both the industry and the U.S. economy overall. According to the latest economic report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, March's job growth numbers more closely align with what the industry had been reporting in previous months: 36,000 jobs added in January and 40,000 jobs added last December. There were 196,000 total jobs added i

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