Hiring was surprisingly strong in April for the second month in a row, signaling the labor market is 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%. Hiring was surprisingly strong in April for the second month in a row. AP “The economy is so much better than what the doom crew has been saying,” Chris Zaccarelli, chief investment officer for Northlight Asset Management, said in a note Friday. “There are a lot of headwinds – higher oil prices, sticky inflation and higher-for-longer interest rates – and yet the labor market is adding jobs, GDP is growing and corporate profits are expanding at a rapid pace.” Analysts said the upbeat report will likely keep the Federal Reserve on hold when it comes to interest-rate cuts as they shift their attention to the impact of surging energy costs on inflation.…