The december jobs report was generally positive but some traders focus on weak wage growth. Meanwhile, investors couldnt help but watch nervously as the three day terror rampage in france came to a deadly end. Four hostages and three terrorists killed in two locations as french authorities moved in. One suspect remains at large. Heres how the markets looked at the close. The dow fell 170 points. Nasdaq lower by 32 and s p off by 17 points. For the week all three indexes were down by about a half percent. More on that december to remember jobs report. A more than forecasted 250,000 jobs were added last month and the nations jobless rate ticked down two notches to 5. 6 the lowest in more than six years. But the report wasnt all positive. Hampton pearson takes a closer look. Reporter 2014 was the best year for hiring in 15 years. More than 2. 9 million americans have found jobs in the last 12 months. The Unemployment Rate is at a six year low but wages now at about 24 an hour on average a
The december jobs report was generally positive but some traders focus on weak wage growth. Meanwhile, investors couldnt help but watch nervously as the three day terror rampage in france came to a deadly end. Four hostages and three terrorists killed in two locations as french authorities moved in. One suspect remains at large. Heres how the markets looked at the close. The dow fell 170 points. Nasdaq lower by 32 and s p off by 17 points. For the week all three indexes were down by about a half percent. More on that december to remember jobs report. A more than forecasted 250,000 jobs were added last month and the nations jobless rate ticked down two notches to 5. 6 the lowest in more than six years. But the report wasnt all positive. Hampton pearson takes a closer look. Reporter 2014 was the best year for hiring in 15 years. More than 2. 9 million americans have found jobs in the last 12 months. The Unemployment Rate is at a six year low but wages now at about 24 an hour on average a
Generally positive but some traders focus on weak wage growth. Meanwhile, investors couldnt help but watch nervously as the three day terror rampage in france came to a deadly end. Four hostages and three terrorists killed in two locations as french authorities moved in. One suspect remains at large. Heres how the markets looked at the close. The dow fell 170 points. Nasdaq lower by 32 and s p off by 17 points. For the week all three indexes were down by about a half percent. More on that december to remember jobs report. A more than forecasted 250,000 jobs were added last month and the nations jobless rate ticked down two notches to 5. 6 the lowest in more than six years. But the report wasnt all positive. Hampton pearson takes a closer look. Reporter 2014 was the best year for hiring in 15 years. More than 2. 9 million americans have found jobs in the last 12 months. The Unemployment Rate is at a six year low but wages now at about 24 an hour on average actually fell last month and w
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