Too Hot to Handle: America Created 517,000 Jobs in January and Unemployment Fell to 3.4%
A huge surge in hiring in January defied expectations for the labor market to cool off a bit in the new year.

A huge surge in hiring in January defied expectations for the labor market to cool off a bit in the new year.
Economists had expected the economy to add 298,000 jobs and the unemployment rate to hold steady at 3.5 percent.
Economists had expected 258,000 jobs for July.
The median forecast of analysts was for 740,000 jobs and an unemployment rate of 5.2 percent.
Economists had forecast around 845,000 jobs.
Economists had forecast an addition of 50,000 jobs and a slight rise in the unemployment rate to 6.8 percent.
Economists had forecast 894,000 jobs and a decline in the unemployment rate to 8.2 percent.
Economists had expected the U.S. to add 158,000 jobs.
The imaginary recession of 2019 is over.
African American unemployment fell to the lowest level on record.
The June jobs report showed the American labor market making a strong rebound after a stumble in May.
Economists had expected the pace of job creation to moderate to 180,000 after April’s extremely hot 263,000.