Forget US employment data – watch Treasury yields instead

US employment figures should be taken with a pinch of salt, says Antonia Oprita. What matters to investors is Treasury yields.

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US Treasury yields are what really matters

The US economy added just 74,000 jobs in December, according to the latest non-farm payrolls data, but the unemployment rate slid to 6.7%, data released on Friday showed.

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Antonia is a financial writer and editor with more than 15 years of experience in print, digital and broadcast media. She is currently a content editor for M&G Investments and previous to that she has worked for Reuters, CNBC, BusinessWeek, the BBC World Service and TheStreet.com's Real Money. Antonia has also done freelance writing for titles such as The Banker, Euromoney and MoneyWeek.