The US added 199,000 payrolls in December, missing the average forecast of 450,000 new jobs. The unemployment rate slid to 3.9% from 4.2%, beating economist estimates. The report suggests the Omicron wave is having a significant effect on the US hiring recovery. Loading Something is loading. Hiring faltered again in […]
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Text size People walk past a Covid-19 testing booth on a street in New York. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images Private-sector employment boomed in December as concerns over the Delta variant of Covid-19 abated and Omicron’s impact had yet to be felt on the economy, according to data from payroll […]