Given the volatility of the report, I don't put a lot of credence in the forecasts. The headline number is the news and the fact that it went up signals that the recovery isn't falling apart.

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It certainly too soon to be sure, but I think it's a very strong indication that hiring is getting on track.

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I'd say there's only a 25 percent chance of a rate hike in June even. Even with another strong jobs report Friday, they'll want to have something that looks more definitely like a trend.

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It fits in with the picture that the labor market is turned, inflation has turned and in a few more months they'll be tightening.

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Businesses seem to be doing everything they can to increase profits without increasing hiring. Unfortunately for the labor market, they appear to be quite successful.

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If you're living on the edge, then when the price of gas and heating oil goes up, you end up over the edge.

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There is still a big backlog to be made up before it feels like a tight job market. Clearly it's a tighter job market than it was a year ago, and if we continue to add a million jobs a quarter, we'll move in that direction. But I think it will take a little bit of time.

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Even though it's improving, there's still an awful lot of people who dropped out of work force and are waiting to be pulled back in.

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The economy is neither roaring nor stalling; it's clearly out of the soft patch and moving along at a decent pace, and that's all the Fed needs right now.

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