Unemployment Rate Remains Unchanged

(Reuters) - U.S. employers maintained a solid pace of hiring for a second straight month in March, providing further evidence the economy was shifting into higher gear after being held back by a brutally cold winter. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 192,000 new jobs last month after rising by 197,000 in February, the Labor Department said on Friday. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 6.7 percent, as Americans flooded the labor market.