The Bloomberg Advantage: Payrolls Surge as U.S. Workforce Grows




The Bloomberg Advantage show

Summary: (Bloomberg) -- The Bloomberg Advantage with Carol Massar and Cory Johnson. GUESTS: John E Augustine Chief Investment Officer Huntington Wealth & Investment Management Lindsey Piegza Chief Economist Stifel Nicolaus & Co Inc Discussing U.S. employers in December adding 292,000 workers, exceeding the highest estimate in a Bloomberg survey, and payrolls for the previous two months were revised higher, a Labor Department report showed on Friday. The jobless rate held at 5 percent as people entering the labor force found work.