Bitcoin was steady in the immediate aftermath of the report at $16,750. The U.S. added 223,000 jobs in December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday in its monthly nonfarm-payrolls report, down from a revised 256,000 jobs in November and higher than economists’ forecasts for 200,000. The unemployment rate fell 3.5%, versus expectations that it would remain at 3.7%. The price of bitcoin (BTC) was steady at $16,750 in the minutes following the release of the report. Even though the headline jobs number topped expectations, the trend of slowing growth is clear. Monthly job gains in the first half of 2022 were routinely above 300,000, and December’s number is the lowest since April 2021. In addition, the closely watched wages details were softer than forecast. Average hourly earnin
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