Breaking: U.S. Economy Added 379,000 Jobs in February, Bolstering Post-COVID Recovery

The U.S. economy added 379,000 jobs in February, exceeding experts’ expectations as a decrease in COVID-19 cases and increasing vaccine distribution helped bolster the economy.

The growth exceeded expectations of 210,000 new jobs, as did the unemployment rate, which fell to 6.2 percent, according to a Labor Department report released Friday. Unemployment had been predicted to hold steady at January’s 6.3 percent rate.

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