Ahead of the Tape
Payroll Number</br></br>Is Going to End</br></br>Guessing Game</br></br>Investors have taken a glum view of the nation's labor markets this week. Now they'll find out if it's justified.</br></br>Economists surveyed by on Tuesday estimated the Labor Department will report today that the economy added 115,000 jobs in December, about in line with job growth in the past few months. Then economists spent the rest of the week ratcheting down their expectations.