‘One of the Weirdest Reports’: Investors React to the Jobs Data

This number was all over the place: 22V Research’s DeBusschere
Report contains a few head-scratchers: TD Ameritrade’s Kinahan

U.S. Adds 210,000 Jobs, Unemployment Rate Falls to 4.2%

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By Peyton Forte, Vildana Hajric, and Chris Anstey

December 3, 2021 at 2:18 PM UTC

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December 3, 2021 at 2:45 PM UTC

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The U.S. employment report for November is a tale of two very different surveys: The establishment survey suggests employment rose just 0.1% in November, but the household survey suggests employment surged by 0.7%.

Some market watchers aren’t quite sure what to make of the data: