Biden heralds jobs report, warns progress can be reversed

U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday heralded data that showed the U.S. economy created the most jobs in seven months in March but warned Americans that the progress on the economy and fighting the coronavirus could be reversed. "We still have a long way to go," Biden told reporters. Nonfarm payrolls surged by 916,000 jobs last month, the biggest gain since last August.

U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday heralded data that showed the U.S. economy created the most jobs in seven months in March but warned Americans that the progress on the economy and fighting the coronavirus could be reversed. "We still have a long way to go," Biden told reporters.

Nonfarm payrolls surged by 916,000 jobs last month, the biggest gain since last August. "In the face of the face of this great news, I need also to make this clear and direct statement to the American people: progress we've worked so hard to achieve can be reversed," he said.