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U.S. Economy Creates Better-Than-Expected 295K Jobs in February

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The U.S. job-creation engine remained revved up in February, defying Old Man Winter and expectations for lower growth, government data showed on Friday.

Wage growth, however, remained sluggish, rising by a mere three pennies an hour, or a 2.0 percent annualized gain. The average work week was 34.6 hours, essentially unchanged.

 The Labor Department reported that non-farm payrolls rose by 295,000 last month, versus January’s unrevised 329,000, extending for another month one of the the best streaks of jobs growth since the late 1990s. The unemployment rate slipped to 5.5 percent from 5.7 percent, Economists on average had been expecting a payrolls number of 240,000 with a jobless rate of 5.6 percent.

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U.S. Creates 214,000 Jobs In October; Unemployment Rate Falls To 5.8 Percent

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The U.S. economy added 214,000 jobs in October, as the unemployment rate fell to 5.8 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.

Three days after voters registered their sourness about the U.S. economy, the government said Friday that employers added a solid 214,000 jobs in October, extending the healthiest pace of hiring in eight years.

 The Labor Department also said a combined 31,000 more jobs were added in August and September than it had previously estimated. Employers have now added at least 200,000 jobs for nine straight months — the longest such stretch since 1995.
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