Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) in the US rose by 143,000 in January, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on Friday. This reading followed the 307,000 increase (revised from 256,000) recorded in December and came in below the market expectation of 170,000.
Other details of the publication showed that the Unemployment Rate declined to 4% from 4.1%, while the Labor Force Participation Rate edged higher to 62.6% from 62.5%. Finally, annual wage inflation, as measured by the change in the Average Hourly Earnings, rose 4.1%, surpassing the market expectation of 3.8%.
Source: FXstreet
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