Job gains cooled in Dec., capping year of weak hiring
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The portion of US economic output that goes to workers in the form of wages and salaries plunged to the lowest level on record in the third quarter of last year, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show.
Key Takeaways President Donald Trump posted a graph on social media Thursday night that revealed information about the as-yet-unpublished jobs report scheduled for Friday morning.The Bureau of Labor Statistics tries to prevent early release of information to ensure no one gains an unfair trading advantage from the data.
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Finding a job continued to be a slog at the end of the year, new data shows: US businesses sought out fewer workers in November and hiring rates wilted even further.
U.S. employers added 50,000 jobs in December and the unemployment rate edged down as the job market stayed in its low hiring, low-firing limbo.
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