( ) -q-26- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “households and businesses.” America’s employers delivered another healthy month of hiring in February. [CutID: <Cuts> JOBLESS-RATE-house-q-FRIam.mp3 Time: 26s Title: JOBLESS-RATE-house-q-FRIam Out-cue: households and businesses] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Employers have continued to hire briskly to meet steady demand from consumers across the economy. ———————————- VERBATIM: A surprising […]
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US employers add 275,000 jobs in sign of continued economic strength
( ) -q-26- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “households and businesses.”
America’s employers delivered another healthy month of hiring in February.
[CutID: <Cuts> JOBLESS-RATE-house-q-FRIam.mp3
Time: 26s
Title: JOBLESS-RATE-house-q-FRIam
Out-cue: households and businesses]
TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Employers have continued to hire briskly to meet steady demand from consumers across the economy.
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VERBATIM: A surprising 275,000 jobs were added last month. That was up from a revised gain of 229,000 jobs in January. The unemployment rate ticked up two-tenths of a point to 3.9%. The Labor Department report reflected the job market’s sustained ability to withstand the 11 rate hikes the Federal Reserve imposed to fight inflation, which made borrowing much costlier for households and businesses.