DOGE-led layoffs of approximately 25,000 junior federal employees will be a modest drag on March payrolls, but they should be offset a rebound in weather-sensitive sectors. We forecast a smaller yet still healthy 140,000 employment gain and the unemployment rate to remain unchanged at 4.1%.
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