The US economy created 143,000 jobs in January, falling short of forecasts, but a drop in the unemployment rate and robust gains in earnings underscored the strength of America’s labour market.
While January’s figure undershot expectations of 170,000 in a Reuters poll, the Bureau of Labor Statistics also revised up the bumper figure for December, from 256,000 to 307,000.
Economists and traders highlighted a decline in the unemployment rate to 4 per cent in January, down from 4.1 per cent the previous month, which they said bolstered the Federal Reserve’s case to proceed slowly with interest rate cuts.
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