U.S. job growth picked up in February and the unemployment rate edged up to 4.1%, but growing uncertainty over trade policy and deep federal government spending cuts could erode the labor market's resilience in the months ahead.

The nonfarm payrolls report is expected to show that 160K jobs were added to the U.S. economy in February, according to the consensus of economists, up modestly from 143K jobs created in January, Several factors cast uncertainty over the months ahead.

The February jobs report was released and with it came insight into how the U.S. jobs market performed last month. New jobs created during the