US adds 151K jobs in February, unemployment rate ticks back up
The US labor market grew by 151,000 jobs in the month of February, as reported by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), just falling short of economist expectations of60 1,000. Additionally, the national unemployment rate ticked back up by 0.1% to 4.1%, while average hourly wages grew by 0.3% month-over-month.
The Morning Brief’s Seana Smith and Madison Mills dive into the results of the monthly jobs report.
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This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.
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