{"id":1004206068,"date":"2018-02-06T06:27:14","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T14:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004206068"},"modified":"2022-12-08T06:55:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T14:55:49","slug":"economy-watch-weekly-new-year-kicks-off-with-strong-job-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-weekly-new-year-kicks-off-with-strong-job-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Economy Watch Weekly: New Year Kicks Off With Strong Job Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/09\/CPERadio.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1004127908\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-weekly-new-goods\/cperadio\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/09\/CPERadio.png\" data-orig-size=\"930,608\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CPERadio\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Listen to the podcast above.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/09\/CPERadio.png?w=930\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1004127908\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/09\/CPERadio.png\" alt=\"CPERadio\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/09\/CPERadio.png 930w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/09\/CPERadio.png?resize=300,196 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/09\/CPERadio.png?resize=768,502 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Total payroll employment increased by 200,000 jobs in January, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which is an improvement from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-u-s-economy-creates-200k-jobs-in-january\/\">December&#8217;s job growth<\/a> but is not as\u00a0strong as November&#8217;s. Several sectors impacting the real estate industry saw employment increases, including construction, health care and manufacturing. Economy Editor Dees Stribling has the full January jobs report, for the week ending Feb. 2, 2018.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Job creation in January came in better than expected, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics latest jobs report. 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