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U.S. Employers Add 313,000 Jobs In February

The Labor Department reported Friday that U.S. employers added 313,000 jobs in February, the most since July 2016. The unemployment rate remains at 4.1 percent.

Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson speaks with USA Today’s Charisse Jones ( @charissejones).

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