In the last couple of months, momentum has been building in just about every precursor for stronger job growth. Real retail sales, real GDP, pesonal income and spending, and just this morning a dramatic drop in initial jobless claims to 406,000 - the lowest since July 2008 - all suggest that last month's gain of 169,000 jobs was just the foreshadowing of bigger and more sustained job growth next year.
If you can handle some actual data and not just selected secondhand punditry, I've got graphs and facts galore in support of a positive outlook for the economy generally, and job growth specifically, below.