Biden will depart office with the lowest end-of-term unemployment since Bill Clinton, but high inflation and the COVID-19 ...
The US economy closed out 2024 with another month of massive job growth, adding 256,000 positions in December.
Employers finished the year with a burst of hiring, adding 256,000 jobs in December. The unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1 ...
The headline The economy added 256,000 jobs in December, and the unemployment rate fell a tenth of a percentage point to 4.1% ...
U.S. job growth unexpectedly accelerated in December while the unemployment rate fell to 4.1% as the labor market ended the ...
The Federal Reserve's sharp 1/2 point reduction in a key U.S. interest rate in September was driven in part by the unemployment rate rising to a post-pandemic high of 4.3% in July from a cycle low of ...
Nonfarm payrolls were expected to increase by 155,000 in December, according to the Dow Jones consensus forecast.
U.S. hiring picked up unexpectedly in December as employers added 256,000 jobs, another sign of the economy’s resilience in ...
History shows that this is unattainable as workers move from job to job. A zero unemployment rate is also undesired as it requires an inflexible labor market, where workers cannot quit their ...
The final jobs report of 2024 showed an uptick in hiring and a slight decrease in the unemployment rate. Get updates on stocks and other markets, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 ...