January 2018 Jobs Report
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America gets a raise: Wage growth fastest since 2009
America finally got a raise. The U.S. economy added 200,000 jobs in January, and wages grew at the fastest pace in eight years.
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Prosperity: January Jobs Report Beats Expectations With 200K Jobs Added, Wages Grow at Fastest Rate in Years
Somewhere, Nancy Pelosi is chewing the inside of her cheek as she glares icily at a life-size Donald Trump 'FatHead' decal she's plastered onto the ceiling over her bed. Yes, friends, the news for the US economy and American workers is that good. In all seriousness, the January jobs report isn't a blockbuster, but it's pretty "robust" across the board. The two major takeaways, via the Associated Press, whose reporting of simple facts has been causing fits on the Left this week:
From the Left
Black unemployment spiked in January. Does that pour cold water on Trump’s claims? Black unemployment spiked this month, undoing nearly all the progress made during President Donald Trump's first year in office, according to new numbers released Friday.
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