West Texas Intermediate crude gained the most in a month as worse-than-expected jobs data reduced concern that the Federal Reserve will further pare bond buying. Futures rallied from an eight-month low and trimmed a second weekly decline. Payrolls increased in December at the slowest pace since January 2011 and the unemployment rate dropped as more people left the labor force . Prices also went up China’s crude imports climbed to a record and on speculation that an $8.66 slide in the previous eight days was excessive. “The Fed is probably not in any rush to tighten, and they’ll probably continue to have a very accommodative stand for quite some time,” said Kyle Cooper , director of commodities research at IAF Advisors in Houston. “The China data showed that global oil demand is still strong. Crude had fallen $8 in the last few days and it’s just a little bit […]