November’s employment report wasn’t perfect, with average hourly earnings contracting by 0.1% m/m, but the solid 178,000 gain in payroll employment and the drop in the unemployment rate to a nine-year low of 4.6% are good enough to all but guarantee that an interest rate hike is coming at this month’s Fed meeting.
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