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The survey results jibe with the U.S. Labor Department’s latest jobs report for January, which showed more Americans were either working or looking for work last month as the U.S. labor force increased by 584,000, and the labor force participation rate rose by 0.2 percentage point to 62.9 percent.
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In addition, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 3 cents to $26.00, following a 6-cent increase in December, according to the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, which reported U.S. employers added 227,000 jobs to nonfarm payrolls last month, while the unemployment rate edged up to 4.8 percent.
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