Washington, Jumada I 15, 1436, Mar 6, 2015, SPA -- The US unemployment rate fell to 5.5 per cent in February, 0.2 percentage points down on the January figure, the Department of Labour reported on Friday. A total of 295,000 new jobs were created in February, many more than analysts had predicted. Revised figures for January reduced the numbers of jobs created in that month by 18,000 to 239,000 new positions. --SPA 18:08 LOCAL TIME 15:08 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w