(FILES) LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 03: A sign reading "Now Hiring" is posted outside a hotel on January 03, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. U.S. job openings fell to 8.79 million in November, the lowest in over two years, according to the U.S. Labor Department. Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP. Job gains in the US private sector picked up in February, payroll firm ADP said on March 6, 2024, a sign that could give the Federal Reserve some pause as it mulls the timing of interest rate cuts. Private sector employment grew by 140,000 jobs last month, less than analysts expected although up from a revised 111,000 figure in January. (Photo by MARIO TAMA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP) Agence France-Presse (AFP)/AFP