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The U.S. February labour report saw the headline add 311K jobs, vs the consensus median of 225K. However, the broad read can be interpreted as mixed
We saw manufacturing jobs decline by 4K vs the consensus median of +10K and the prior +19K, the unemployment rate ticked higher to 3.6% from a prior 3.4%
We also saw some softness from the financial sector as it posted a decline in jobs for the first time since February 2021. The sector added jobs for 23 consecutive months, the latest read printed a shed of 1.0K jobs
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