The big jobs numbers out this week came from this morning’s U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) Employment Situation report, which surprised to the upside in a major way: 353K new jobs created for January, nearly double the 180K or so analysts were looking for. A big upward revision for December accompanies this headline, from 216K originally reported to 333K today. These are far and away the strongest months for jobs gains in the past 12 months. The Unemployment Rate stayed at 3.7%, where it’s been for ...