Economic Report: Coming up: U.S. jobs report for March

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frederic j. brown/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesThe U.S. is forecast to add 490,000 new jobs in March, according to economists polled by The Wall Street Journal. The unemployment rate is expected to slip to 3.7% from 3.8%. Wages are estimated to rise 0.4% and nudge the increase over the past 12 months to 5.5%. The report will be released at 8:30 a.m. Eastern by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In premarket trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA and S&P 500 SPX were set to open...

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