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An early economic forecast of last month's jobs climate predicts the American economy added 57 thousand jobs in February.
That's far fewer than the 100 thousand jobs the Labor Department is expected to report on Friday.
The numbers come from Automatic Data Processing, which reports that most of the job growth came in the service sector.

But those increases were dampened by losses in goods-providers and manufacturing.
Still unemployment levels are low for most of New Hampshire.
But ex-offenders struggle to find jobs after being released from prison.
And research shows that those who stay unemployed are much more likely to commit new crimes.
Federal probation officers recently held an event to bring employers and ex-offenders together.
NHPR Correspondent Brian Early reports from Manchester.