Nonfarm Payrolls Jump in December

Pre-market futures are down pretty heavily this morning on fresh economic data. The Dow shot down -350 points, if just temporarily, while the S&P 500 was -60 and the Nasdaq -250 points. We’re now in negative territory trading for the week.BLS Jobs Reach 256K, Unemployment Rate 4.1%The long-awaited Employment Situation report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is out this morning, and it’s a classic good news/bad news situation. The good news? We see a much stronger labor market than expected. Th ...