The U.S. added 178,000 jobs in March, exceeding the Wall Street Journal's historical forecast range for the indicator. The unemployment rate was 4.3%, within the historical forecast range. The jobs report is closely watched as investors and economists attempt to deduce any future interest rate decisions by the Federal Reserve and assess the cooling labor market. Regarding the March jobs report, the Wall Street Journal's forecasts have ranged from -38,500 to +73,000 over the past decade. Friday's figure of 178,000 was higher than the 59,000 economists surveyed by the newspaper. The slight decline in the unemployment rate is within the historical range of -0.2 to +0.1 percentage points. (Jinshi)