U.S. job growth slower than expected, jobless rate falls

* Nonfarm payrolls increased by 151,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate was at 4.9 percent, the lowest since February 2008, the Labor Department said on Friday. "Amid all the global economic turmoil and domestic market gyrations, positive job growth, the drop in the unemployment rate to 4.9 percent, and the uptick in wages show the U.S. is heading in the right direction. "The jobs data will give the FOMC a lot to weigh at its next meeting, and when combined with wages ticking up to 2.5