The U.S. dollar traded stronger against most of its peers on Friday after data from the Labor Department showed the nation's job growth accelerated in March, raising hopes for a steeper interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve next month.
The Labor Department data showed non-farm payroll employment jumped by 431,000 jobs in March after surging by an upwardly revised 750,000 jobs in February. Economists had expected employment to spike by 490,000 jobs compared to the addition of 678,000 jobs originally reported for the previous month.
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