January Jobs-Added and Unemployment Numbers

In what some are calling a “self-sustaining” recovery, the U.S. Department of Labor is reporting that January saw 257,000 new jobs and the emergence of some wage increases not visible since the recent financial crisis. Correspondingly, unemployment climbed a percentage point due possibly to out-of-work job seekers becoming active again.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/02/06/u-s-added-257k-jobs-in-january-unemployment-ticks-up-to-5-7-percent/?hpid=z1