Non-Farm Payrolls Crush Estimates, Private Payrolls at 12-Month High

Non-Farm Payrolls Crush Estimates, Private Payrolls at 12-Month High

By: Latest Articles from Benzinga.com

Posted on March 08, 2013 at 10:56 AM EST

The monthly Non-Farm Payrolls report for February was released Friday morning and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the labor market improved far better than expected in February. In February, the U.S. economy added 236 thousand non-farm jobs, crushing estimates of a gain of 165 thousand jobs. Better, the

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