The job-creating engine of the U.S. economy probably cooled down a bit in February, but what Wall Street really wants to know is if a spike in worker wages at the start of 2015 shows staying power. With the U.S. economy now spitting out more than 200,000 new jobs every month, the focus has turned to how much workers earn. The next step in any robust recovery after employment growth speeds up is an upturn in wages, but that’s been a missing link since the U.S. exited recession in mid-2009. Here are four things to watch in the February employment report released Friday morning. The headline number The U.S. probably ... (full story)