captioning sponsored by wpbt i think most likely path we should recognize is for growth and jobs that are growing more rapidly than people expect but unfortunately less than what we need given the damage that has been done this far. susie: mixed news on the job front. today s employment report suggests that the job market is slowly healing. the unemployment rate held steady, but it s expected to get worse before things get better. you re watching nightly business report for friday. march 5. this is nightly business report with susie gharib and tom hudson. nightly business report is made possible by: this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. susie: good evening, everyone. some glimmers of hope in the job market today. jeff, u.s. businesses cut 36,000 jobs in february, but that was much fewer than in recent months. jeff: susie, it s too soon to celebrate, but the losses came in lower than most estimates a