As weather watchers were preparing for Groundhog’s Day, economists were equally focused on whether the shadow of the government shutdown would impact the January employment report. They need not have worried.
Read MoreThe October employment report was not just good, it was great. The economy added 250,000 jobs, the unemployment rate remained at a 49 year low of 3.7 percent and workers enjoyed the best annual wage growth in nearly a decade (April 2009).
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