POLITICO Breaking News: January unemployment numbers

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The economy added 257,000 jobs in January, the Labor Department reported Friday, up from December's increase of 252,000 jobs.

Unemployment was 5.7 percent, up from 5.6 percent in December.

Analysts had predicted job growth of about 230,000, an unemployment rate of 5.6 percent, and an increase in hourly earnings of 0.3 percent, according to a Bloomberg survey of economists.

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