The U.S. added 227,000 jobs in the penultimate month of 2024, as workers sidelined by storms got back on the job, and thousands of striking Boeing employees [returned to work]( ...
Economists forecast the unemployment rate held at 4.2% in December, well below the average in the decade before the pandemic.
The unemployment rate likely held steady at 4.2% in December, according to economists polled by The Wall Street Journal.