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Economy Adds 295k Jobs In February, Unemployment Down To 5.5 Percent

03.06.15 | 8:34 am

FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2013 file photo, Jona Caldwell joins a long line of job seekers outside the Ferguson Community Center in Cordova, Tenn. The Labor Department reports on the number of Americans who applied for u... FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2013 file photo, Jona Caldwell joins a long line of job seekers outside the Ferguson Community Center in Cordova, Tenn. The Labor Department reports on the number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits in the last week on Dec. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Jim Weber, File) MORE LESS

Total nonfarm payroll employment grew by 295,000 jobs in February while the unemployment rate edged down to 5.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.

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Catherine Thompson Catherine Thompson is a writer covering systems of power, gender, and politics. She previously served as an editor at the Cut, Business Insider, and Talking Points Memo.

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doctora says:

March 6, 2015

GOP leaders meeting right now to decide today’s talking point. They have narrowed it down to these three choices:

A. The economy is heating up in anticipation of a new Republican president in 2017.

B. See how much better the economy is when the Republicans control Congress!

C: Recent economic performance demonstrates that the Bush tax cuts did work, but took longer than we thought.
mickeyg says:

March 6, 2015

Fuckin’ Obama ! ! !
ctvoter says:

March 6, 2015

I look forward to Boehner/McConnell simultaneously telling us why this is bad while taking credit for it.
targetpractice says:

March 6, 2015

You forgot:

D. “Wrong” kind of jobs being created, “right” ones require more tax cuts/deregulation

E. “Real” unemployment still in double digits because “millions” have given up looking for jobs
rudesan says:

March 6, 2015

Yeah, what do the numbers look like when they aren’t skewed?

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