An employee scans an item at a fulfillment center in Robbinsville, New Jersey. Photographer: Bess Adler/Bloomberg.

U.S. job growth steadied past month, while the unemployment rate rose—a mixed snapshot of a job market hanging in the balance of quickly changing government policy.

Non-farm payrolls increased 151,000 in February after a downward revision to the prior month, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report out Friday. The unemployment rate rose to 4.1 percent.

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