U.S. Added 304,000 Jobs In January; Shutdown Boosted Unemployment To 4 Percent

Workers build bed frames at a factory in Commerce, Calif., near Los Angeles, in 2017. In January, the economy added a bigger-than-expected 304,000 jobs, including 13,000 in manufacturing.

Job growth picked up for the 100th consecutive month even as hundreds of thousands of federal workers were furloughed during the partial government shutdown. Wage growth held steady.

(Image credit: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)



from News : NPR https://n.pr/2Bdwxfo

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