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The January employment data exceeded investor expectations.
4:35 PM Feb 3

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Released Today
January: 7.6% Unemployment
February: 8.0%
January: 101.2 (U.S.)
1/27/2012: 123.1
January: 243,000
December: 1.1%
January: 56.8
January: 133
Released Yesterday
December: 4.3%
January: 0.3%
February: RUB1,863.1 bil
1/29/2012: -44.8
January: 4.8%
January: 53,486
December: -4.7%
January: 536.5 index
1/28/2012: 367,000
1/27/2012: -132 bil cubic feet
2011Q4: 0.7%
January: 8.0%
January: -US$100 mil

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Andrew Cassel
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U.S. Employment Jumped in January
February 3 - Marisa Di Natale and Ryan Sweet analyze the unexpectedly strong job numbers for the first month of 2012.
U.S. Macro Outlook - January 2012
January 23 - Mark Zandi holds his monthly discussion with the Moody's Analytics research staff.
Progress on U.S. Employment
January 6 - Marisa Di Natale and Aaron Smith examine the better than expected U.S. job data for December.
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