The 172,000 surge in private payrolls in January owed a lot to a 124,000 surge in health care & social assistance, but private sector hiring elsewhere still appears to be strengthening. Indeed, the decline in the unemployment rate to 4.3%, despite a rebound in participation, suggests that labour market conditions may be tightening even sooner than we expected.
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