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Surprisingly, the US January jobs numbers look solid.
It's World Business Express from the BBC World Service.
I'm Leanna Byrne.
Heineken is cutting 6,000 jobs because of declining beer demand and why are consumers in China still not spending?
The new US employment figures show hiring picked up more than expected in January,
with 130,000 jobs added and unemployment edging lower.
I've been speaking to Chris Eldridge, CEO of the recruitment firm Robert Walters,
which has offices in New York, Austin and Jacksonville and around the world.
It's good to see wage growth go up by just under half a percent.
And what's really interesting, I think,