WASHINGTON — America’s employers slowed the tempo of their hiring in November, including 210,000 jobs, the fewest in practically a yr.
Friday’s report from the Labor Division additionally confirmed that the unemployment charge fell sharply to 4.2 % from 4.6 %. That’s a traditionally low degree although nonetheless above the pre-pandemic jobless charge of three.5 %.
Total, the November jobs figures level to an financial restoration that appears resilient although underneath menace from a spike in inflation and the potential affect of the omicron variant of the coronavirus.
