Trump Economy off with a Bang … U.S. Added 227,000 Jobs in January 2017

DONALD TRUMP PRESIDENCY … PUTTING AMERICA BACK TO WORK AGAIN!

As reported at CNBC, the U.S. created 227,000 jobs in January, 2017. This is the first jobs report of the Donald Trump presidency and it is “HUUUGE.”The jobs number is much greater than the analysts expectations of 175,000 jobs. Also, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the civilian labor force increased by 584,000 in January, and the labor force participation rate rose by 0.2 percentage point to 62.9%.

Nonfarm payrolls grew by 227,000 in January while the unemployment rate edged higher to 4.8 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.

Economists surveyed by Reuters expected payrolls to grow by 175,000, compared with 57,000 in December, and the unemployment rate to hold steady at 4.7 percent.

UPDATE I: Manufacturing Jobs Up, Government Jobs Down.

The United States gained 5,000 jobs in manufacturing in January while losing 10,000 in government, according to numbers released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

In the one month from December 2016 to January 2017, manufacturing jobs rose from 12,336,000 to 12,341,000—for an increase of 5,000.

At the same time, government jobs dropped from 22,286,000 to 22,276,000—a decline of 10,000.