Jobs data about as expected at 227,000 jobs with a higher revised January total but many lots of part time jobs with birth death model crap adding 91,000 jobs.

Economic Report: China Feb. consumer price rise weakens to 3.2%

The U.S. trade deficit widened by 4.3% in January to $52.6 billion, the largest gap since October 2008, the Commerce Department said Friday. The trade deficit was above the consensus forecast of Wall Street economists of a deficit of $49.0 billion. Imports rose faster than exports in January. The U.S. trade deficit with China widened to $26.0 billion in compared with $23.3 billion in the same month last year. The government also revised the deficit in December to $50.4 billion from $48.8 billion. This could trim estimates of fourth-quarter gross domestic product, now estimated to have grown at a 3.0% annual pace.