US unemployment rate rises to 4.1% as economy added 151,000 new jobs in February – as it happened
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**7 Mar 2025 10.23 EST**

Wall Street has reversed its earlier small fall:

- **Sara Pineros,** economic columnist at the **Washington** **Post**, says this can be an “early warning sign” of a weakening economy:

> One worrying sign in February jobs report = People working part-time for "economic reasons" (meaning they could not find a full-time job) jumped by +460,000 to 4.9 million.
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> This metric can be an early warning sign.
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> It's currently at the highest level since May 2021. 

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