Earlier data indicated layoffs had cooled in the month.

The U.S. unemployment rate edged down to 4.4% in December but the economy added just 50,000 jobs, according to the latest report.

Only California and Washington, D.C., have higher jobless rates as the New Jersey businesses continue to shed thousands of positions.

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits rose earlier this month after weeks of declines.

This is the highest reading since August 2021, when the unemployment rate was 7.5% in September, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The latest job report from the Bureau of Labor ...

The U.S. labor market wrapped up the year with an unemployment rate of 4.4% in December, the BLS reported Tuesday. Economists had expected that unemployment dipped to 4.5% in December—a result that ...

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The state agency reported Florida’s unemployment rate as 4.3% in December 2025, up a tenth of a percent from the prior month.

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