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• Developments in China's Labor Market 

  

  David Mann, Head Regional Research, Asia, Standard Chartered discusses the developments in China's labor patterns. He says businesses along China's coastal areas are seeking alternatives elsewhere in the country.

• FOREX-Euro broadly stronger, U.S. dollar up on yen after jobs data

  NEW YORK, Feb 1- The euro hit a 14- month high against the U.S. dollar and 33- month peak against the yen on Friday, the beneficiary of stronger-than-forecast euro zone manufacturing data and expectations of easy monetary policy from Washington and Tokyo.

• FOREX-Euro broadly stronger; US dollar up on yen after jobs data

  NEW YORK, Feb 1- The euro hit a 14- month high against the U.S. dollar and 33- month peak against the yen on Friday, the beneficiary of stronger-than-forecast euro zone manufacturing data and expectations of easy monetary policy form Washington and Tokyo.

• Hiring at U.S. construction sites shifts into higher gear

  WASHINGTON, Feb 1- The outlook for U.S. construction workers brightened on Friday with a report that showed growing momentum in hiring at building sites. The U.S. Labor Department said 82,000 construction jobs were created between November and January, the biggest three-month gain since the three months ended April 2006.

• Dollar mixed after US jobs report

  The Labor Department said 157,000 jobs were added in January. The euro rose to $1.3662 in late trading Friday from $1.3574 late Thursday. The dollar fell to 0.9078 Swiss franc from 0.9098 Swiss franc and to 99.71 Canadian cents from 99.76 Canadian cents.

• GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks gain on factory and U.S. jobs data; euro jumps, yen slumps

  NEW YORK, Feb 1- Major world stockmarkets rose to their highest levels in nearly two years on Friday helped by manufacturing and employment data indicating the global economic recovery is on track.

• What the Jobs Report Means for Bonds: Iuorio

  

  With the economy creating 157,000 new jobs in January, why did Treasury prices tick higher? Trader Jim Iuorio has an idea.

• Big Banks Left Behind 

  

  Why bank stocks have sat out the rally to 14,000, with CNBC's Kayla Tausche; and will the euro continue to rise, with Boris Schlossberg, BKForex.

• Trading the Biggest Market Winners 

  

  As the Dow breaks 14,000, the FMHR crew discusses the stock market winners. Thomas DeMark, founder & CEO of Market Studies, weighs in.

• Nail the Number: And the Winner is.... 

  

  Adrian Teixeira, "tweeted" the winning "guestimate" in CNBC's "Nail the Number" contest.

• Santelli Goes Mythbusting  

  

  CNBC's Rick Santelli talks with James Bianco, Bianco Research, about his take on why he is not buying "conventional wisdom," on the fiscal cliff, rotation, and the Fed forecast.

• TREASURIES-Prices choppy as jobless rate up, manufacturing grows

  NEW YORK, Feb 1- Prices for U.S. The January ISM was quite encouraging for both output and employment prospects ahead, "said Andrew Wilkinson, chief economic strategist with Miller Tabak& Co. LLC.

• GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks rise on U.S. jobs data; dollar lower

  *U.S. and European stocks get a lift, MSCI world index higher. The MSCI world equity index was up 0.4 percent, having strengthened earlier on factory activity surveys for January in China and in the euro zone, which increased optimism over the global growth outlook. "

• CORRECTED-GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks up on U.S. jobs data; U.S. dollar falls

  *U.S. and European stocks get a lift, MSCI world index higher. The MSCI world equity index was up 0.4 percent, having strengthened earlier on factory activity surveys for January in China and the euro zone, which increased optimism over the global growth outlook. "

• Morici: Unemployment Rises, More Quit Looking for Work

  

  It's bad, but as this economist explains, it would have been a lot worse if thousands of Americans had not just given up.

• Fed Strategy to Trigger 'Collateral Financial Damage': Lavorgnia

  

  Deutsche Bank's Joe Lavorgnia anticipates broad "collateral financial damage" once interest rates eventually edge higher. And Art Hogan of Lazard Capital Markets sees the Fed trimming back on quantitative easing in 2013. Both appeared on CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" on Friday.

• What the Jobs Report Means For the Economy 

  

  CNBC's Steve Liesman provides his take on this morning's jobs data. And, Ward McCarthy, Jefferies chief U.S. financial economist, weighs in on jobs and where he sees the Dow headed.

• White House says jobs report shows signs of economic growth

  WASHINGTON, Feb 1- Friday's jobs report shows the U.S. economy is improving, but Congress needs to act on policies that promote growth and avoid deep cuts slated to take effect next month, said Alan Krueger, a White House economist.

• White House's Krueger: Main Risk We Face Is Gridlock 

  

  Alan Krueger, White House Council of Economic Advisers chairman, discusses today's employment report, adding 157,000 new jobs in January, with the unemployment rate rising to 7.9 percent.

• RPT-WRAPUP 3-U.S. employment report points to steady economic growth

  *Average hourly earnings rise four cents.