US Adds 235,000 Jobs, Unemployment Rate Falls

Friday 10 March, 2017 Written by 
US Adds 235,000 Jobs, Unemployment Rate Falls

US employers added a robust 235,000 jobs in February and wages rose at a healthy clip, a sign the economy remains on solid footing after nearly eight years of recovery.

The Labor Department says the unemployment rate fell to 4.7 percent from 4.8 percent. More Americans launched job searches, lifting the proportion of Americans working or looking for work to the highest level in nearly a year.

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