January Jobs Report Doesn't Mean What Washington Says It Does

The January jobs report seemed like good news. The U.S. Labor Department said 257,000 jobs were added to the economy. That easily beat the 230,000 numbers analysts had expected. And yet unemployment ticked up to 5.7% from 5.6%. Money Morning Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald sees the conflicting data in the jobs report as more proof the recovery is not the success President Barack Obama claims. The post January Jobs Report Doesn't Mean What Washington Says It Does appeared first on Money Morning - We Make Investing Profitable .