US economy beats expectations: April jobs report shows surprising strength

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🗓️ 9 May 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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The Hidden Lightness with Jimmy Hinton – For months, headlines have warned of a slowing economy or an impending downturn. But the data tells a more nuanced story. Job creation is continuing. Layoffs remain relatively low. Hiring demand is still present across multiple sectors. This is not what economic collapse looks like. It’s what resilience looks like. There’s a growing disconnect between...

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Hidden Lightness on America Out Loud Talk Radio.
0:12.2	I'm your host, Jimmy Hinton.
0:14.0	Well, a new jobs report came out.
0:17.1	And it surprised people.
0:19.7	Surprise, surprise.
0:23.8	Shouldn't be surprising to us, but it is good news.
0:33.9	The private sector added 109,000 new jobs in April, which was above expectations, according to the ADP.
0:43.5	The ADP releases their 26 April private sector jobs data, and this is really good news.
0:47.5	And I've been saying this for a very long time, that our economy is very resilient.
0:57.8	And I know that President Trump rightly has gotten a lot of criticism because of the war and what it has done to gas prices, it's putting a lot of pain on a lot of people. There's no question about that.
1:06.1	It has really hurt the transportation industry. No question about that.
1:12.9	And it's, it's just tough.
1:17.2	But a lot of people translate that to everyday jobs.
1:24.2	And they're like, well, because we're feeling, we're feeling this squeeze. We're feeling the
1:30.6	squeeze at the pump. We're feeling our pocketbooks are being emptied because at the gas pump,
1:36.2	we're spending $100 plus to fill up our tank of gas every week. And it is. It's a lot of money. And especially for big trucks, big commercial vehicles,
1:50.5	and airplanes and all of that stuff. It's incredibly expensive. But when we look at the jobs numbers,
2:00.7	they're actually doing really good.
2:02.6	It is a really resilient economy.
2:06.8	And a lot of people were predicting that the stock market was going to crash.
2:10.3	They're still saying it.
2:11.6	Stock market's going to crash.
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