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Healthy US job market: How big a political edge for Trump?

by AP Economics Writer
| February 7, 2020 2:10 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. hiring jumped last month, and many more people were encouraged to look for work, showing that the economy remains robust despite threats from China’s viral outbreak, an ongoing trade war and struggles at Boeing.

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