CNBC Economy

Black women saw their unemployment rate jump to 5.1% from 4.7%. Among Hispanic women, it jumped to 4.8% from 4.4%.

The leisure and hospitality sector added 105,000 jobs last month, according to the Labor Department, accounting for roughly a third of the total jobs gain.

Nonfarm payrolls were expected to increase by 225,000 in February, while the unemployment rate was projected to hold at 3.4%, according to Dow Jones.

The U.K. economy grew by 0.3% in January, official figures showed on Friday, exceeding expectations as it continues to fend off what economists see as an inevitable recession.

Companies added jobs at a brisk pace in February as the labor market kept humming, payroll services firm ADP reported Wednesday.

The Labor Department's Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey showed there are 10.824 million openings, down some 410,000 from December.

China's economy will be forced to recalibrate because of a "fractured" global order, and the new drivers of growth will "disappoint" global markets, according to David Roche.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to appear before Congress with a tall task.

Many multinationals are reconsidering or changing previous plans to deploy new money into Europe.

Inflation in the euro zone came in at 8.5% in February, while the ECB signalled interest rate hikes could still continue.

Workers have put away $735 million in state retirement savings programs that are intended to help employees at small businesses.

The Federal Reserve is unlikely to be able to bring down inflation without having to push rates considerably higher, according to a research paper.

The core PCE price index was expected to increase 0.5% from a month ago and 4.4% on an annual basis, according to Dow Jones.

OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann said the global economic outlook is looking slightly "brighter" for this year but inflation challenges remain.

The U.K. has thus far avoided a widely anticipated recession, and the economy may be holding up better than feared, according to veteran fund manager Andy Brough.

Russia's budget deficit hit a record 1.8 trillion rubles ($24.4 billion) in January, with spending growing by 58% from the previous year while revenues fell by more than a third. 

Debt across all categories totaled $16.9 trillion as balances rose across all major categories.

The producer price index, a measure of what raw goods fetch on the open market, rose 0.7% in January.

Bans and price caps targeting Russian oil are having the "intended effect" despite surprisingly resilient exports in recent months, according to the International Energy Agency.

Retail sales were expected to increase 1.9% in January, according to Dow Jones.