WRAPUP 3-U.S. labor market flexes muscles as February payrolls soar
March 06, 2015 at 09:56 AM EST
WASHINGTON, March 6 (Reuters) - U.S. employment growth accelerated in February and the jobless rate fell to a more than 6-1/2 year low of 5.5 percent, signs that could encourage the Federal Reserve to consider hiking interest rates in June.