The U.S. labor force participation rate rose to 63 percent, a high water mark since 2014. That jump is an indication that people who have been on the sidelines are rejoining the labor market.

• U.S. employers added a robust 235,000 jobs in February and wages rose at a healthy clip, a sign the economy remains on solid footing after nearly eight years of recovery.

• Good news: Trump, who held a National Economic Council 'listening session' in the White House on Thursday, is celebrating jobs and wages data on Friday

• Fed Chair Janet Yellen said last week that it would be 'appropriate to gradually increase the federal funds rate if the economic data continue to come in about as we expect.'

• White House press secretary Sean Spicer boasted on Twitter that it's 'great news for American workers,' and '[n]ot a bad way to start day 50 of this Administration.'

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