Morning Must-Read: BLS: Employment Situation Summary
Employment Situation Summary:
“Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 252,000…
…in December, and the unemployment rate declined to 5.6 percent…. The unemployment rate declined by 0.2 percentage points… and the number of unemployed persons declined by 383,000 to 8.7 million…. The civilian labor force participation rate edged down by 0.2 percentage point
to 62.7 percent in December.”