While you were sleeping: US outlook improves

While you were sleeping: US outlook improves
By Margreet Dietz Jan. 8 (BusinessDesk) - Wall Street advanced as better-than-expected US jobs and trade data underpinned optimism about the economic outlook, while in Europe the first decline in consumer prices in more than five years bolstered expectations the European Central Bank will take action to stoke the region’s economy.  An ADP Research Institute report showed US private employers added 241,000 jobs in December, exceeding expectations. That bodes well for the government’s more comprehensive non-farm payrolls report due Friday....