“The U.S. added 130,000 jobs in January, surging past expectations and marking a strong start to the year following a weak year of job growth,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“The unemployment rate, which is based on a separate survey from the jobs figures, fell to 4.3% from 4.4%.”
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