U.S. Jobs May Be Headed for Strongest Run Since 2006

Employers probably took on more than 200,000 workers in February for a third straight month, indicating an improving labor market will support the U.S. expansion, economists said before a report today.

Payrolls increased by 210,000 after rising 243,000 in January, according to the median projection of 94 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News. Such a gain would cap the strongest six-month hiring stretch since 2006. The jobless rate probably held at an almost three-year low of 8.3 percent.