US economy adds 200,000 jobs in January and wages rise at fastest pace since recession

US employers hired more people in January on net than economists had forecast, according to a Labor Department report released Friday. Wage growth, which has been sluggish through much of this economic expansion, increased at its fastest rate since 2009 year-over-year. The US economy added more jobs than forecast in January, and wage growth rose at its fastest pace since the recession, according to a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday. Nonfarm payrolls increased...