It's a high number, but it's not worrisome. February is a month when seasonal factors tend to have a bigger impact on the unemployment rate.

We were criticized by the seasonal forecasters for not including the other environmental factors, like wind shear, in our analysis. [We didn't do so] because on time scales longer than 2-3 years, these do not seem to matter very much. This paper more or less proves this point.

The month of February was a really good month. The most important thing is what we do in the next two weeks.

February was always the cruellest month for Hunter S Thompson,

February has historically been a lackluster month for the stock market.

The month-on-month numbers are just totally useless unless the seasonal factor has been applied.