Jobless Rate Holds at 7.8%, Payrolls Climb 155K

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Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Employers added workers in December at about the same pace as the prior month, and the unemployment rate matched a four-year low, showing sustained gains in the U.S. labor market even as lawmakers were struggling to reach a budget deal. Peter Cook analyzes the numbers on Bloomberg Television's "Bottom Line." (Source: Bloomberg)