U.S. Job Growth Ends the Year Strong

[cigaretteman]

Employers stuck the landing in 2024, finishing the year with a bounce of hiring after a quarter filled with disruption.

The economy added 256,000 jobs in December, seasonally adjusted, the Labor Department reported on Friday. It was a better-than-expected number amid a labor market that has been slowly cooling for two years. The unemployment rate edged down to 4.1 percent.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/10/business/jobs-report-december-economy

 

[DooBi]

So does Trump get credit for this? Trying to figure out where the credit/blame lies. You guys want to be consistent right?

 

[Chishawk1425]

 

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[Scruddy]

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How many of those reports had to be walked back for grossly over estimating jobs? How likely is it that this report is wrong too? How much are these numbers artificially propped up by unprecedented job creation in the gover ment sector?