The number of jobs created in the US grew only modestly in December, as a weak year for the employment market in the world’s largest economy drew to a close.

Employers added 50,000 jobs in the final month of 2025, according to Labor Department data, which was fewer than expected. But the unemployment rate dipped to 4.4%.

Job gains last year were the smallest since 2020, when the Covid pandemic led to widespread cuts.

Businesses have been operating in an environment marked by US President Donald Trump’s dramatic policy changes, including tariffs, an immigration crackdown and cuts to government spending.

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    3 days ago

    This has been going on since 2008 they’ll just gaslight everyone and brag about the numbers and how great the shareholders are doing while people become destitute and die at an alarming rate but they won’t report on that. They have made homelessness illegal so now you will be thrown into a for profit prison to work until you die and the right wing propaganda will not report on that. The propaganda machine will spin it as proof of how great dear leader is because homelessness is solved