Hiring falters in December as payrolls rise only 199,000, though the unemployment fell to 3.9%
- Nonfarm payrolls rose by 199,000 in December, far fewer than the 422,000 estimate.
- The unemployment rate dropped to 3.9%, better than the 4.1% estimate.
- Wages increased more than expected, rising 4.7% year over year.
- Leisure and hospitality was showed the biggest gains by industry.
Another economist just said to ignore the number today….so next time if it’s a good number we can just focus on that. The corruption and dishonesty with Wall Street economic analysis is sad
— GreekFire23 (@GreekFire23) January 7, 2022
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