Friday, March 8, 2019

US jobs growth slows in February, dragging down Wall Street


The US economy added 20,000 jobs in February, much lower than projections for the month.

The figures dragged down US markets in Friday's early trading, with the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P all in the red.

Our Washington correspondent Giles Gibson has more:

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