Job Growth Picks Up Pace

“Employers added 235,000 workers to their payrolls in February, the government reported on Friday, a hefty gain that clears the path for the Federal Reserve to raise its benchmark interest rate when it meets next week,” the New York Times reports.

“The official jobless rate fell to 4.7 percent while average hourly earnings grew by 0.2 percent in a report that overlaps with President Trump’s first full month in office.”