ET, the Labour Department said nonfarm employers added 235,000 workers to their payrolls last month, with the unemployment rate dropping a tenth of a percentage point to 4.7 per cent. White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, in his own tweet at 9:02 a.m. ET, appeared to hand the credit for the job growth to U.S. President Donald Trump: "@POTUS Trump delivers in first #JobsReport. 235,000 new jobs and unemployment rate down to 4.7%. 235,000 new jobs and unemployment rate down to 4.7%.

Source: CBC News March 10, 2017 20:03 UTC