Another Blow Out: American Economy Created 275,000 Jobs In FebruaryJohn Carney 8 Mar 2024
Employers in the United States added 275,000 workers to their payrolls in February, the Department of Labor said Friday.
The unemployment rate increased to 3.9 percent, up from 3.7 percent in the prior month.
Economists had forecast payrolls would grow by 200,000 and the unemployment rate would be unchanged at 3.7 percent. The top of the range of expectations for 260,000 jobs and a 3.8 percent unemployment rate.
Private payrolls grew by 223,000, far more than the 150,000 forecast. This is higher than the downwardly revised January estimate of 177,000 but lower than the 317,000 initially estimated for the first month of the year.
Last month, the government reported that the economy added 353,000 jobs in January, far more than expected. As well, the figures for December and November were revised up. This sowed doubt about the timing and extent of rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.
The December figure was revised down by 43,000 to a still very hot 290,000. The January estimate was revised down by 124,00o to 229,000. After these revisions, employment in December and January combined is 167,000 lower than previously reported.
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