> Nonfarm payrolls expanded by 353,000 for the month, much better than the Dow Jones estimate for 185,000
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> unemployment rate held at 3.7%, against the estimate for 3.8%.
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> On a year-over-year basis, wages jumped 4.5%, well above the 4.1% forecast.
December and November numbers were revised up and GDP ended the year strong.
But The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged
> In the last year, tech giants made massive cuts to their workforce, which didn’t just please investors — they led to sky-high profits.
Mostly good but not all rainbow farts and unicorn giggles