Summary

The U.S. added 256,000 jobs in December, lowering the unemployment rate to 4.1%, outperforming expectations and reflecting a resilient labor market as President Biden leaves office.

Despite earlier inflation overshadowing a strong labor recovery post-COVID, hiring remains steady, layoffs subdued, and job openings rising.

Forecasters predict gradual hiring growth in 2025, with small-business optimism and easing Federal Reserve policies driving gains.

Economic indicators, like increased consumer borrowing for auto purchases, suggest mixed but improving confidence.

  • theonlytruescotsman@sh.itjust.works
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    3 hours ago

    So Trump is so infinitely powerful that he’s definitely the sole cause of the issues under Biden?

    Or is your contention that Biden was so inept he did less than nothing to help Americans?

    One of those has to be true for your logic to work out, which is it?

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      3 hours ago

      Yeahhhh we’re definitely going to solve this here (/s). I’m messing around with you so much because there is simply no way this debate is meaningful, credible, worthwhile and of any merit whatsoever. The very notion that your opinions or mine hold water, to actually affect anything is laughable. I find it incredible that people actually engage in this. We’re all shouting into the void. For every point you say about Biden, we could find multiple contrasting for Trump. I care nothing for either of them. I do care however for people that matter. Trump and Biden both give no fucks about us however. Nor does any billionaire on this planet. Yet people rush to point the flaws. They’re both shit people with many flaws. I just believe however that Trumps flaws are greater and more damaging to people like me (not a millionaire). Nope I’m one of the exploited ones that seems to lose money to these clowns just by being alive and trying to live. Also re reading your comments is funny. Heads you win, tails I lose. Are you even a voting American?