The latest employment report showed that 151,000 jobs were added in February, falling short of the expected 159,000.

However, the unemployment rate fell and wage growth was strong, pointing to a solid and steady job market despite the lower headline number. Looking at January, "what we see is a labor market that ...

The labor market is getting softer. But, there is a limit to the downside on mortgage rates until the labor market breaks ...

and unemployment was expected to be at the same rate as January's 4%. Unemployment has been between 4% and 4.2% since May. "We're still very much in a bifurcated labor market where your job ...

Meanwhile, the labor force participation rate fell to 62.4% from the 62.6% seen in January. "The upshot is that the labour market remains in decent shape and should be able to weather the DOGE ...

Line chart of jobs to unemployed ... keeping the quits rate at 2.0%. The quits rate is viewed as a measure of labor market confidence, and the steady reading points to low wage inflation. "While the ...