Investing.com - The U.S. economy created more jobs than expected in February as wage growth missed estimates.
The Labor Department said nonfarm payrolls were up 235,000 after a revised increase of 238,000 in January.
Analysts had expected nonfarm payrolls to rise 200,000 last month.
The January figure was revised from an initial reading of 227,000.
Average hourly wages were up 0.2% from January when they rose a revised 0.2%.
Wages were forecast to rise by 0.3% last month
The unemployment rate fell to 4.7% as expected from 4.8%.
The FOMC is decide on rates next week with the market pricing in an 88.6% chance of a hike.