The Labor Department’s April jobs report will be released Friday, and should provide an important data point about the health of the U.S. economy. Economists, investors, policy-makers, politicians and the general public will be watching closely to see how many jobs the U.S. economy added last month, and whether the unemployment rate stayed level or changed. Economic indicators leading up to the report offered a decidedly mixed outlook. “I’ve never seen a more mixed-up bunch of employment indicators,” economic analyst Ed Yardeni wrote in a note to clients Thursday. “The ones for April are all over the map.” He added: ... (full story)