US jobless rate falls to 5.5% on addition of 295K jobs last month

    U.S. employers extended a streak of hiring in February by adding 295,000 jobs, the 12th straight monthly gain above 200,000. The unemployment rate fell to 5.5% from 5.7%, the government says in its mo…


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