Breaking: Nonfarm Payrolls plummeted by 701K in March

Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) in the US declined by 701,000 in March, the data published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics showed on Friday. This reading followed February's increase of 275,000 (revised from 273,000) and missed the market expectation of -100,000 by a wide margin.

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