Private Payrolls Post A Surprisingly Strong Gain In January
February 03, 2012 at 10:04 AM EST
Today’s employment report from the U.S. Labor Department delivered a hefty blow against the idea that recession risk is high for the immediate future. Private nonfarm payrolls rose by a net 257,000 in January (total nonfarm payrolls rose by a slightly lower 243,000 because of a 14,000 decrease in the government’s workforce). That’s the strongest [...]
