The Labor Department reported Friday that unemployment held steady in April and that the U.S. added 115,000 jobs, surpassing expectations.

While the war in the Middle East wasn’t expected to negatively affect April’s employment numbers, it still presents a risk: The health of the US labor market and the broader economy could be negatively affected if gas prices stay persistently high and cut into consumer spending, raise business costs, as well as trickle into higher prices for other goods and services.

Source: cnn.com