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<font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">U.S.
employers closed out 2012 by maintaining the relatively slow pace of
job creation seen over the past two years, brushing off the threat of
higher taxes and government spending cuts hanging over the economy.</font></font></p>
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<font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Nonfarm
payrolls rose by 155,000 in December, while the unemployment rate
remained at 7.8% after an upward revision to the November figure, the
Labor Department said Friday. Workers' earnings improved, helping to
prop up the holiday shopping season. The labor force rebounded by
192,000 after an November drop tied to superstorm Sandy, though
overall improvement in the the labor market remained weak. </font></font>
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<font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Economists
surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires expected a gain of 160,000 in
payrolls and a 7.7% jobless rate.</font></font></p>