Finding a job continued to be a slog at the end of the year, new data shows: US businesses sought out fewer workers in November and hiring rates wilted even further.
The latest data means 2025 saw the weakest annual job growth since 2003, with just 584,000 jobs added last year.
In all, only 584,000 jobs were created last year, an average of 49,000 per month, compared with 2.2 million or 148,000 per ...