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The unemployment rate decreased by 0.1 percentage point to 3.5%, matching a five-decade low, as participation inched higher.

WalletHub examined over 180 cities, scoring each location based on factors like job opportunities, average starting salary and housing affordability.

Siddhartha Jha is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Arbol, an insurtech and global climate risk solutions platform. Sid is also a co-founder of dClimate, the first decentralized climate information ecosystem. Before Arbol and dClimate, he had over 13 years of experience in the financial industry, covering interest rates and commodities in quantitative research and trading roles. He launched an agriculture futures trading portfolio, managing over $100 million at a major commodity trading firm. He was the first analyst at a startup commodity hedge fund, which grew to manage over $600 million in assets. He was previously a Vice President of Interest Rates Strategy at J.P. Morgan.

Sid authored the well-received book "Interest Rate Markets," published in both English and Mandarin. He has taught financial markets at NYU and was on the board of a non-profit working with inner-city youth. Sid graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. Cum Laude in Applied Mathematics and M.A. in Statistics as part of a 4-year combined degree program.

Our top stories of the week reveal a few useful ways to start the year off on the right foot.

Ian Fuller, co-founder and partner at Westfuller Advisors, shares why diversity is essential to the finance industry — and how leaders can do better.

Jason Ewas is a policy manager at the Aspen Institute's Financial Security Program.

Remote and hybrid work have lots of appeal, but employees should look below the surface of a company to find out how it makes good on its claims of flexibility.

Chip Castille is the founder and CEO of Lasso, a financial advice and wealth app. Previously, he was managing director and Global Retirement Strategist for BlackRock, where he was responsible for the development, product management and distribution of BlackRock's U.S. retirement strategies and services.

This is the biggest reduction in the online retailer's history.