US Unemployment Rate Declines to 4.4%, But Payrolls Fall Short of Forecasts
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AI-Powered 70% GROQ-LLAMA-3.1-8B-INSTANTUS unemployment rate declined to 4.4% in December, but job growth fell short of forecasts with a 50,000 increase in nonfarm payrolls.
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US job growth fell below expectations in December, with nonfarm payrolls increasing by 50,000 last month after downward revisions to the prior two months, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data out Friday. The unemployment rate fell to 4.4%. Michael McKee reports on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)
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US unemployment rate declined to 4.4% in December, but job growth fell short of forecasts with a 50,000 increase in nonfarm payrolls.
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