Nonfarm payrolls rose by 36,000 last month as private-sector employers added 50,000 jobs, the Labor Department said. The December number was revised to show an increase of 121,000 jobs, from a previous estimate of 103,000. Economists expected an increase of 136,000 jobs in January.
But many investors didn't want to see a huge improvement, he noted, as such an outcome would have brought on questions about whether the Federal Reserve's stimulus program might be shortened.
In addition, investors rationalized that the payroll number was likely hit by bad weather in January, when storms forced people to stay home.
The unemployment rate, which is obtained from a separate household survey, fell to 9.0% last month. Economists had forecast that the jobless rate would rise to 9.5% from the previous month's 9.4%.
Still, the drop was driven in part by a 504,000 drop in the number of people in the civilian labor force.
Overseas, Egypt girded for a day of massive protest, firming up army positions around demonstrators occupying central Cairo's Tahrir Square and slapping new restrictions on journalists.
( 今天又是大盘死撑，个股纷争的局面。 看来有得等到下周二确认趋势了。
上周和本周前几日，多坏的新闻都不回调。 很牛的症状。 做熊熊也要小心。 这几天数据不是很差。 ）
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