Christian Science Monitor: Call it welcome news for the economy: in March the nation added 216,000 new jobs. At the same time, the unemployment rate slipped by 0.1 percentage points to 8.8 percent. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the job market gains took place in the service sector, such as restaurants and hotels, health care, temp services, as well as mining and manufacturing. The only lagging areas are construction and state and local governments.