US employers added 143,000 jobs in January, and the
unemployment rate increased from 4% to 4.1%. This is seen as a slowdown in the
jobs market, but experts say that nothing in the jobs report is raising any
concerns. This report will likely result in the Fed maintaining current
interest rates. Despite the slowing down job growth, this report indicates a solid
economy. It comes as President Trump enters his first full month in office,
bringing with him a cloud of uncertainty in the market as he promises spending
cuts, migrant deportations, and tariffs on foreign goods. It will be
interesting to see how the market reacts to these policies as they play out.
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There is a lot of talks of what tariffs are useful for and such. Do you think that once the tariffs are fully rolled out there will be a noticeable bump in job growth, or is there a chance that jobs stay stagnant and the inflationary tendencies of tariffs shine through as well?
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