New York (CNN Business) US employers added 312,000 jobs in December, well above what economists expected and underlining that the American economy remains strong despite recent market turbulence.
The unemployment rate rose to 3.9% as more people were looking for work. It had been at a 50-year low of 3.7% for two of the last three months. Employers added 2.6 million jobs in 2018, compared to 2.2 million in 2017.
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Two years in and the numbers are still moving up and looking good.