COSTELLO: Checking our top stories at 45 minutes past the hour. Hiring surged in the month of November, 203,000 jobs were added last month and the unemployment rate dropped to 7 percent. That's the lowest it's been in five years. The Dow was up on the news about 135 points right now. Let's head to the New York Stock Exchange and Zain Asher. Good morning.</s>ASHER: Hi, Carol. Yes, the Dow is up about 125 points right now. I mean here's what I find interesting, OK. So throughout the week, we had positive economic reports in terms of car sales, new home sales, et cetera, and the market sort of sold off just a little bit because everybody feared the Fed tapering. Then we get the jobs report and actually the market is a lot higher. It sort of goes basically the reverse of what you would think. But here's what's happening. You're seeing long-term investors buy in at these levels, just basically betting on the strength of the economy. People are sort of accepting the fact that the Fed is going to begin to taper. They've accepted that. We know it's going to happen in a few months. But the economy is getting stronger and long-term investors are liking it. They're buying in. Carol.</s>COSTELLO: All right, Zain Asher, we'll check back with you.
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