Employment in the U.S. showed only a slight increase in the month of February, according to a report released by the Labor Department on Friday.
The Labor Department said non-farm payroll employment edged up by 20,000 jobs in February after jumping by an upwardly revised 311,000 jobs in January.
Economists had expected employment to increase by about 180,000 jobs compared to the spike of 304,000 jobs originally reported for the previous month.
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