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Unemployment holds under 4%, job gains higher than expected in final 2023 labor report

The labor market beat Dow Jones expectations in December with 216,000 jobs added, according to the latest labor report. The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.7%. Jeanna Smialek, a Federal Reserve and economy reporter for The New York Times, joined CBS News to break down the numbers.
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