Hiring was surprisingly strong in April for the second month in a row, signaling the labor market may be withstanding pressures from higher energy costs amid the Iran war for now. US employers added 115,000 jobs in April – about twice the amount analysts had expected, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday. The unemployment rate remained steady at 4.3%. Revisions to the previous two months lowered total job growth by 16,000 jobs. Job growth in March was revised upward to 185,000. February’s