Headline RoundupJanuary 10th, 2020

December 2019 Jobs Report

Summary from the AllSides News Team

According to the Labor Department's December jobs report, the unemployment rate remained at 3.5%, with an additional 145,000 jobs added. This fell just below expectations, with most Dow Jones experts who were surveyed predicting 160,000 additional jobs. After the report's release, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) crossed the 29,000-point threshold for the first time ever. Many outlets, irrespective of leaning, focused on the connection between the labor report and the DJIA's record volume. Some reporting and analysis around the report focused on the decline in wages, steady government bond prices, and women overtaking men as the workforce's majority.

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