WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2016. U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement about the February 2016 Employment Situation report released today:
“February’s report demonstrates the nation’s continued economic vitality, with the addition of 242,000 new jobs. The longest recorded streak of private-sector job growth now stands at six full years, 72 consecutive months, during which private employers have created 14.3 million jobs. The unemployment rate held steady at 4.9 percent, the first…
