Economic and Stock Market Commentary for the week of January 16, 2018
Submitted by Ralicki Wealth Management & Trust Services on January 16th, 2018Employment growth slowed as the old year concluded, with the nation creating just 148,000 jobs in December. That was below both consensus and the 252,000 jobs added in November. Also, the labor-force participation rate remained at an unimposing 62.7%.