A sizeable gain in trucking employment helped the total number of job additions move higher in January, according to a new Labor Department report.
Economic Watch: Employment, Factory Activity, and a Possible Drag on GDP
The number of overall job additions in the U.S. slowed in December as the trucking industry shed some positions, while separate reports show a bit of softening in the factory sector, amid a new concern about the overall economic performance in the final part of 2017.