Private-sector hiring accelerated last month fueled in part by new construction jobs, according to a report released Wednesday, as goods- and service-producing sectors beefed up their payrolls. Private payrolls across the nation rose by 298,000 in February, said payroll processor Automatic Data Processing Inc. and forecasting firm Moody’s Analytics. This was much better than the 188,000 jobs expected by economists polled by The Wall Street Journal, and more than the 246,000 jobs ADP said were added in the previous month....

Source: Wall Street Journal March 08, 2017 13:49 UTC