Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on November 02, 2023 in New York City.
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Friday’s market reaction to the jobs report comes down to a simple premise: bad news is good news, as long as it isn’t too bad.
Stocks rallied sharply after the Labor Department said nonfarm payrolls rose by 150,000 in October — 20,000 fewer than expected but a difference attributable pretty much completely to…