The US economy created more than half a million jobs in January. That was almost three (!) times more than expected. Most importantly, such a job growth figure does not fit with a coming recession, but neither does it fit with a much hoped-for soft landing. On the contrary.
It indicates that the US labour market is still glowing even after 450 basis points of tightening.
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