RJ and Makay

Although it lost jobs, New York City's broad financial activities sector has posted its best hiring numbers in nearly a decade, reports the New York State Department of Labor (DOL).

Indeed, revised figures show employment in the sector fell by just 1,600 in January 2011, the best performance for that month since 2002. That's important because Wall Street galvanizes the New York City economy and spurs hiring in unrelated fields. The revised data did not include hiring numbers for the city's financial activities sector in January.