A now hiring sign is posted in front of a U-Haul rental center on November 03, 2023 in San Rafael, California.
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When the December jobs report is released Friday morning, markets will be looking for a number that hits a sweet spot between not so robust as to trigger more interest rate hikes and not so slow as to raise worries about the economy.
In market jargon, that quest for the middle is sometimes referred to as a…