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Economy Adds 257K Jobs In January, Unemployment Rate Little Changed

02.06.15 | 8:32 am

FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2013 file photo, Jona Caldwell joins a long line of job seekers outside the Ferguson Community Center in Cordova, Tenn. The Labor Department reports on the number of Americans who applied for u... FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2013 file photo, Jona Caldwell joins a long line of job seekers outside the Ferguson Community Center in Cordova, Tenn. The Labor Department reports on the number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits in the last week on Dec. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Jim Weber, File) MORE LESS

Total nonfarm payroll employment grew by 257,000 jobs in January while the unemployment rate was little changed at 5.7 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.

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Catherine Thompson Catherine Thompson is a writer covering systems of power, gender, and politics. She previously served as an editor at the Cut, Business Insider, and Talking Points Memo.

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pickwick says:

February 6, 2015

Will someone tell John Boehner where those jobs are. He has been looking for them.
jinmichigan says:

February 6, 2015

Good luck, Jeb, Chris, Huck, Randy, and the rest of the clowns.
don says:

February 6, 2015

Hey, don’t forget ms. Palin, She’ll be driving the KLOWN KAR.
poindexter says:

February 6, 2015

Can’t wait for them to tell us: “…And the new Republican Congress is just getting started.”

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