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   From: noreply@dirge.harmsk.com   
      
    slipped on Wednesday after the better-than-expected delayed January   
    jobs report failed to spark a sustainable advance.   
      
   The blue-chip index traded down 109 points, or 0.2%, as did the Nasdaq   
   Composite . The S&P 500   
    hovered around the flatline.   
      
   The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ January nonfarm payrolls report — which   
   had been delayed due to a partial government shutdown that ended on Feb.   
   3 — showed job growth of 130,000 last month. Economists polled by Dow   
   Jones had called for a gain of 55,000. The latest figure also marked a   
   sizable increase from December, which was downwardly revised to 48,000.   
      
   The unemployment rate also landed at 4.3%, a bit below the Dow Jones   
   forecast for 4.4%.   
      
   While the report showed the strongest job gains in more than a year,   
   areas of growth remained concentrated in just a few sectors,   
   predominantly health care-related, which added 124,000 total positions.   
   That was double the normal growth from 2025. Moreover, there is the   
   continuing specter of downward revisions over the labor market,   
   particularly after every month in 2025 saw adjustments lower. With   
   benchmark annual revisions combined with monthly moves through the year,   
   average monthly job growth last year was just 15,000.   
      
   “This is generally a good sign, as you’d expect, but we are certainly   
   not out of the woods yet with respect to the labor market. ‘Moving in   
   the right direction’ would be a better description. The unemployment   
   rate is gradually improving, but there are still plenty of signs that   
   the labor market remains exceedingly weak,” Rick Wedell, CIO at RFG   
   Advisory, said, citing a low quit rate as one example.   
      
   https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/10/stock-market-today-live-updates.html   
      
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