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| Good morning, Daily Money readers. We made it through the first full work week of 2022! Jayme Deerwester here with you this frigid Friday. |
| Hiring slowed sharply for a second straight month in December, with employers adding just 199,000 jobs, as the omicron variant began driving COVID-19 cases higher. The unemployment rate fell, which is calculated from a different survey from 4.2% to 3.9%, the Labor Department said Friday. |
| For all of 2021, the economy added a record 6.4 million jobs, or 537,000 a month. So far, the U.S. has recouped 18.8 million, or 84%, of the 22.4 million jobs lost early in the pandemic, leaving it 3.6 million jobs shy of its pre-crisis level. |
| On to today's ... |
| 💡 DAILY INSIGHT. 💡Yearning to travel in 2022? Calculate how much you can put aside, then choose where to go. That's the advice of budgeting blogger Guadalupe Sanchez. |
| "Start saving at least nine months before you plan to travel, and keep all your savings in a specific bank account," she advises. "Separating the financial goal from the destination keeps you from deciding to go anyway because you've become emotionally attached to going somewhere." |
| Other stories you won't want to miss: |
| Why is Southwest canceling flights? Airline scrapped more than 600 Thursday. |
| Where to find KN95 masks for kids. Because those old cotton masks won't cut it anymore. |
| This Fresca packs a punch. Coca-Cola is launching an alcoholic version of soft drink. |
| Taco Bell offers wings for a limited time. How to get new Crispy Chicken Wings. |
| Don't dawdle getting to the airport. COVID spike forcing some TSA checkpoint closures. |
| MOOD MUSIC. With CES 2022 winding down this weekend, I've chosen Daft Punk's Techologic as today's lyrical inspiration: "Buy it, use it, break it, fix it, trash it, change it, mail, upgrade it. Charge it, point it, zoom it, press it, snap it, work it, quick – erase it." |
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