US Jobs Reports
Reveal 304,000
Jobs Added in January Analysts expected
less that 200,000
jobs to be added. Despite the recent 35-day
government shutdown, job
growth increased for the
100th consecutive month. Unemployment
increased to 4%. The percentage
was a tenth of a
point higher
than expected. January wage
growth was steady. Part-time employees
shifting to full-time
increased by around
half a million people. U.S. Labor Department, via NPR The Federal Reserve
did not raise
interest rates. Mark Hamrick, Bankrate.com., via NPR