U.S. adds 157,000 jobs as past data revised higher
Posted on February 01, 2013 at 08:48 AM EST
The U.S. created a modest 157,000 jobs in January and the unemployment rate ticked up to 7.9%, but the economy added one-third of a million more jobs in 2012 than previously estimated, with a large chunk coming in the final months of the year.