Economy: 20,000 jobs in February, wages up, Low unemployment
March 11, 2019
“The economy gained a meager 20,000 jobs in February, falling far short of analyst expectations of 185,000 and indicating that the nation’s 10-year economic expansion has potentially hit a speed bump.
Despite the stalled job growth, the rest of the monthly employment data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics was positive. The February unemployment rate ticked down to 3.8 percent, after spiking last month due to temporary layoffs from the 35-day partial government shutdown, and hourly wage growth increased by 0.4 percent, the best since 2009…”
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/economy-gained-just-20-000-jobs-february-n980866