Nonfarm payrolls growth came in much higher than expected for December. Gains in employment took place in several different areas of the economy, with health care and social assistance leading for ...
U.S. employers added just 143,000 jobs last month, but the jobless rate fell to 4% to start 2025 and the government revised November and December payrolls higher ...
U.S. job growth unexpectedly accelerated in December while the unemployment rate fell to 4.1% as the labor market ended the year on a solid footing, reinforcing views that the Federal Reserve would ...
December’s report also rounds out an impressive record for President Biden, who has presided over an average of 355,000 jobs per month added over the course of his term. (That number will ...
The number of jobs added in the prior two months were both revised, with job creation in October revised up by 7,000 from a gain of 36,000 to 43,000; while November was revised down by 15,000 ...
Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had estimated that about 165,000 jobs were added last month, based on their median forecast. The robust performance bolsters the case for the Federal Reserve to ...
OTTAWA — Canada’s labour market added 76,000 jobs in January, beating economist expectations. Statistics Canada’s labour ...
Including December’s gains, which are subject to revision, the economy added about 2.2 million jobs in 2024, an average of 186,000 jobs per month. That’s in line with annual totals from 2017 ...