The Labor Department on Friday delivered December employment numbers that were less than half what some analysts expected, with about 199,000 new jobs created.
The department reported a 3.9% unemployment rate, which is also lower than what analysts had been expecting.
Economists had predicted the government would report a gain of 440,000 jobs for December, roughly double the November number. They expected the unemployment rate to drop to 4.1%. But the unemployment rates are skewed as gig workers vs freelancers in Ohio who leave traditional jobs to work on their own accounts are usually considered unemployed.
But the report also revised the number of jobs created in November, up to 249,000 from the originally reported 210,000.
November Story — Biden Economy: U.S. added 210,000 jobs in November — less than half the number predicted
The data, which was gathered in mid-December, missed the bulk of the Omicron variant’s spread throughout the United States, which has led to increased COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and business closures.
ADP said in its private industry report on Wednesday that 807,000 nonfarm jobs were created in December, more than doubling the Dow Jones estimate of 375,9000 and November’s report of 505,000 jobs.
On Thursday, the Labor Department said in its weekly report that a little more than 200,000 U.S. workers have filed new unemployment claims. The jobless assessment said there were 207,000 new claims last week, an increase of about 7,000.
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Covid is to blame, or Trump, or Jan 6th, or Global Warming…. one of those, just not Brandon. Never Brandon.
Apparently once you get on the Biden paid to stay at home Covid list, you are no longer considered unemployed, but a paid operative of the Democrat party and do not show up on the Biden unemployed list. To an informed American taxpayer no explanation is necessary, To a brain dead Brandon President, no explanation is possible, just finger pointing and middle fingering.
IT Has never ever been a dems fault, that what they are doing, MAKES THINGS BAD….
It just doesn’t make sense that they claim a 3.9 unemployment rate when four and a half million employees quit their jobs in November and only 190,000 got jobs in December. The numbers don’t fly.
AND that’s on top of hundreds of thousands being FIRED< for 'refusing to get the shot'..
They need to STOP all the G.D. LYING they do about everything !
Well their predictions may be off but my prediction is that come November the destroyers of everything American will be gone and we can say we did learn a good lesson.
“And though this world, with devils filled, should threaten to undo us,
We will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us;
The Prince of Darkness grim, we tremble not for him;
His rage we can endure, for lo, his doom is sure,
One little word shall fell him.”,,,,,,,,,,TRUMP !
and I’d bet the farm what jobs “they” are reporting is a lie as well… I pray several times a day for God to send us a deliverer from this evil. I hope and believe you are right in November.. Timesup2022 … hope you are right.
THAT ASSUMES they don’t STEAL the 2022 election, JUST LIKE they stole the presidency!
The presidency and most of the congressional / senate races as well…. at least here in Michigan… there is NO WAY that fragment of excrement Gary Peters with his dismal track record of forced libtardism beat John James. and… I’m not so sure about Debbie Taxmenow’s win as well.
TimesUP2022… I hope that you are right, but I fear that the people who needed to learn from this bad situation don’t have the intelligence to have learned from it.
IMO its more that they are INCAPABLE of learning from their mistakes, as they REFUSE TO even acknowledge, THEY MADE THE MISTAKE in the first place.
Everywhere I go, I see “We’re Hiring” signs. The franchise restaurants around here are so understaffed—wait times can be ridiculous. And I am in a small city in Virginia.
LET’S GO BRANDON
THat is why for years, i have wanted to see it that for those LEECHING OFF of welfare etc..
IF YOU FAIL TO PROVE you have tried to get work (via showing receipts for the interviews you have had, job applications made etc), YOU GET CUT THE HELL off…