美国2月份失业率稳定在9.7%，失业人数为1490万人。劳工部星期五发布报告说，2月份就业人数减少3万6000人。
报告还说，男性失业率高於女性，黑人高于白人。异常恶劣天气导致美国部分地区商业活动停顿，可能造成一些人失业，但还不清楚具体数量。报告说，建筑和信息行业就业人数下降，但临时服务行业就业人数增加。雇用临时员工的雇主可能最终会增加全职雇员。2月份新增失业人数大大低于2009年初水平，当时就业人数每个月减少70万人。
The U.S. unemployment rate held steady at 9.7 percent in February, with 14.9 million Americans were out of work. Friday’s report from the Labor Department says the economy had a net loss of 36,000 jobs for the month.
The report also says the jobless rate was higher for men than for women, and higher for blacks than for whites. Unusually bad winter weather snarled commerce in some parts of the United States, which probably cost some jobs, but it is not clear how many. The report says employment dropped in the construction and information sectors, but rose for temporary help services. Hiring temporary workers can be a step toward eventually adding full-time employees. February’s job losses are far lower than those of early 2009, when 700,000 jobs were vanishing each month.