Trouble in Libya and Japan are putting the economic recovery to the test, but the U.S. labor market is finally improving. That's what economists interviewed by Reuters said to expect from the March employment report due out on Friday. Economists polled expect growth of about 188,000 jobs, with the unemployment rate holding steady at 8.9 percent. USA Today projects an unemployment rate of 7.7 percent when President Obama stands for re-election next November. That's the highest jobless rate to face a standing president since Gerald Ford lost to Jimmy Carter in 1976.
