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The Labor Department says the US economy added 200,000 jobs in January -- 196,000 were private sector jobs. The unemployment rate is 4.1%.

The Labor Department said U.S. worker productivity dipped 0.1% in the fourth quarter. It was the first drop and weakest performance since the first quarter of 2016.
Productivity increased 1.2% in the 2017, the strongest performance since 2015.

The Commerce Department said U.S. construction spending increased 0.7% in December to an all-time high of $1.25 trillion. Spending on private construction projects rose 0.8% to a record high of $963.2 billion.

The Institute for Supply Management said its manufacturing index in January fell 0.2% to 59.1 in December.

Mondelez International beat the street by a penny with quarterly profits of 57 cents per share. Mondelez saw strong growth in emerging markets and strong demand for Cadbury and Oreo products in Europe. (CNBC)

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