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A blockbuster March jobs report shows the economy added 916K jobs and the nation's unemployment rate fell to 6% from 6.2% as pandemic restrictions ease in many states including California. In reaction, benchmark government bond yields moved higher Friday in a holiday shortened session. The SP500 closed at a record high ahead of the three day Easter holiday weekend after the Dow had achieved a record high earlier in the week. Wall Street cheered the President's proposed $2.3T infrastructure plan, a strong reading on manufacturing and the latest vaccine news. Analysis of the markets and the economy from Dr. Mohamed El-Erian, President, Queens' College, Cambridge, Chief Economic Advisor, Allianz, former PIMCO CEO, Newport Beach, Jeff Lazerson, President, MortgageGrader and OC Register columnist, Economist Kevin Klowden, Executive Director of the Milken Institute's Center for Regional Economics and California Center and Kevin O'Leary, a.k.a. Mr. Wonderful on TV's Shark Tank, Chairman of O'Shares ETFs and Beanstox. Support the show: https://www.frankmottek.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.