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Economic Update: U.S. Labor Picks Up The Pace But Still Has A Way To Go

U.S. labor emerged from its weather-induced slump by adding 192,000 jobs. And participation rose, reflecting increased engagement by previously displaced workers. But there’s room for
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S&P Capital IQ, a business line of the McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE:MHP), is a leading provider of multi-asset class data, research and analytics to institutional investors, investment and commercial banks, investment advisors and wealth managers, corporations and universities around the world. We provide a broad suite of capabilities designed to help track performance, generate alpha, identify new… trading and investment ideas, and perform risk analysis and mitigation strategies. Through leading desktop solutions such as Capital IQ, Global Credit Portal and MarketScope Advisor desktops; enterprise solutions such as S&P Securities Evaluations, Global Data Solutions , and Compustat; and research offerings including Leveraged Commentary & Data, Global Market Intelligence, and company and funds research, S&P Capital IQ sharpens financial intelligence into the wisdom today's investors need.

U.S. labor emerged from its weather-induced slump by adding 192,000 jobs. And participation rose, reflecting increased engagement by previously displaced workers. But there’s room for improvement. In this segment, Standard & Poor’s U.S. Economist Satyam Panday provides a big picture look at the market.

The astronomer Carl Sagan said, “It was easy to predict mass car ownership but hard to predict Walmart.”