Employers in the U.S. Probably Added More workers to Payrolls

Employers in the U.S. probably hired more workers in February than a month earlier, showing companies were confident demand will bounce back from a weather-induced slowdown, economists project a report will show today.

Payrolls increased 149,000 last month after a 113,000 gain in January, according to the median forecast of 92 economists in a Bloomberg survey ahead of figures from the Labor Department. The jobless rate held at 6.6 percent, the lowest since 2008, the survey also showed.