The U. S. added 290,000 jobs in April, the largest rise since March 2006, with large increases all through the economy. However, the unemployment rate increased.

On Friday, the Labor Department said that apart from provisional Census employees, nonfarm jobs boosted a seasonally adjusted 224,000.

The unemployment level surged up to 9.9% from 9.7% due to a huge rise in the work force.

Almost all of the job expansion, minus Census workers, occurred in the private sector. Government employment was on the whole flat.

Besides, payroll statistics for the earlier two months was amended to reveal that 121,000 extra jobs were added than reported at first.

The Labor Department said that 230,000 jobs were generated in March, rather than the original number of 162,000, and February was adjusted from a loss of 14,000 to a profit of 39,000.

Economists reviewed by MarketWatch had expected that the economy would create 185,000 jobs for April. They predict no amendment in the unemployed rate.

In the U. S, the stock market dropped, but Treasury prices increased a little.

Rising confirmation of a recoup is sure to motivate millions of Americans who have been in search for jobs, not to state that Democrats are concerned regarding hopes for deep losses in the fall elections.