In February, US companies created more jobs than expected, while the unemployment rate rose by surprise, moving away from the lows since 2008 reached in January.
The US Labor Department said last month they were 175 jobs created, more than the 152 thousand expected by analysts. The unemployment rate, however, grew to 6,7%, from 6,6% the previous month. Analysts were expecting a drop to 6,5%.
As for the trade deficitThe US Department of Commerce today released January data, which rose 0,3% to $39,1 billion from $39 billion the previous month. Analysts were expecting a drop to 38,4 billion.
Le exports grew by 0,6%, to 192,50 billion dollars, while the cheap imports they increased by 0,6% to 231,6 billion.
Finally, as regards relations with commercial partners, exports to China grew by 10,4% compared to the same period last year, while those to the European Union rose by 6,2% and those to Japan increased by 8%.
