New jobs report shows strong U.S. economic growth [Video]

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – A new jobs report is surprising economists in a good way. On Friday, the Labor Department put out new figures showing the U.S. economy added more than 300,000 jobs in March.

Jon Donenberg with the National Economic Council says the White House is happy with those numbers.

“We have built a recovery because of this president’s policies,” Donenberg said.

Bankrate analyst Mark Hamrick says the new economic figures are part of a positive ongoing trend.

“The current momentum of the U.S. economy is quite solid,” Hamrick said. “Economists and many other people have been expecting both the economy and the job market to cool substantially. It just isn’t really happening.”

The March report also showed low unemployment and wage gains that are outpacing inflation.

But political science professor Todd Belt says the important political question revolves around what people feel.

“Will people’s impressions of the economy match …