Payroll Employment Increases in February 2014 (+175,000); Jobless Rate Changes Little (6.7%)

by Gary Kopycinski on March 7, 2014

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Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 7, 2014. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 175,000 in February, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 6.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment increased in professional and business services and in wholesale trade but declined in information.