The Mounting Economic Challenges Weakening the Job Market

The mounting economic challenges weakening the job market

The U.S. economy added a modest 50,000 jobs in December. It was below expectations and capped the weakest year for job growth since the pandemic. Employers added a total of 584,000 jobs for all of 2025, a big drop from the 2 million created in 2024. The unemployment rate ticked down to 4.4%, but the jobs report points to a soft market. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports.

December 2025 Jobs Report: The Job Market Doesn’t Have to Break to Be Broken

The lackluster jobs reports of 2025 have added up to more than 1.4 million fewer jobs than would have been expected if employers had maintained the hiring pace of 2024. The post December 2025 Jobs Report: The Job Market Doesn’t Have to Break to Be Broken appeared first on Indeed The post December 2025 Jobs Report: The Job Market Doesn’t Have to Break to Be Broken first appeared on Recruiting Headlines.