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title: "CNN Money: U.S. Economy Adds a Strong 227,000 Jobs in January"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/952d8da6-e7cd-45a3-ac0a-8130e9207f6f
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/cnn-money-us-economy-adds-a-strong-227000-jobs-in-january-9918
category: "Finance"
topics: ["Finance & M&A"]
published: 2017-02-03T14:09:55.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:13:43.286Z
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# CNN Money: U.S. Economy Adds a Strong 227,000 Jobs in January

**TL;DR:** The US economy added 227,000 jobs in January, with the unemployment rate increasing to 3.8 percent. The Labor Department conducted the survey during the second week of January, while President Obama was still in office.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-02-03. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/cnn-money-us-economy-adds-a-strong-227000-jobs-in-january-9918).*

## Story

In January, America added 227,000 jobs, above December’s increase of 157,000 jobs according to a recent CNN Money article. As more Americans started to look for jobs, the unemployment rate also ticked up to 3.8 percent.

While it is the first jobs report during the Trump administration, the Labor Department did conduct the survey when President Obama was still in office during the second week of January.

"President Trump is inheriting an economy on its way to full employment, but there is still more work to do," says Elise Gould, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- General (sector)
- job market (topic)
- Trump Administration (company)
- unemployment rate (topic)
- us economy (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/cnn-money-us-economy-adds-a-strong-227000-jobs-in-january-9918). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/952d8da6-e7cd-45a3-ac0a-8130e9207f6f).