The U.S. added 203,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in November, an encouraging sign for the economy as the holiday season quickly approaches. Could this upbeat news affect the Fed’s tapering plans? In this segment, Standard & Poor’s U.S. Economist Satyam Panday explains how the situation could play out.

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