The jobless rate declined to 5.5% in February from 5.6% in the previous month. That drop came as a rise in retail employment helped add 66,000 jobs to payrolls outside the farm sector -- the first addition to payrolls since a mild 18,000 gain in July 2001.
U.S. Job base grows for first time since July
WASHINGTON -- Employment grew for the first time in seven months, beating expectations, as the jobless rate fell for a second straight month, according to the U.S. Labor Department.
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