Wall Street Journal (12/30/13) Brenda Cronin

Employers created an average of 189,000 jobs a month in 2013, and the pace picked up in October and November. Employment in 2014 is expected to grow on the shoulders of a strong gross domestic product and high industrial production and construction. Economists surveyed by the Wall Street Journal forecast an average of 198,000 jobs will be created per month in 2014.