Jobs report lands with surprising 130,000 positions added to US economy last month

The U.S. economy added 130,000 new jobs last month, according to a federal report released Wednesday, surpassing economists’ expectations.

While the national unemployment rate remained near a four-year high at 4.3 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that job growth had exceeded the 55,000 new positions predicted by economists, surveyed by The Wall Street Journal.