US adds 199,000 jobs in December, unemployment falls to 3.9%

US adds 199,000 jobs in December, unemployment falls to 3.9%
# 07 January 2022 20:00 (UTC +04:00)

The US economy added 199,000 jobs in December last year, coming lower than market estimates, but the unemployment rate fell to 3.9%, the Department of Labor announced on Friday, APA reports citing Anadolu Agency.

The market had estimated that nonfarm payrolls would see an increase of 400,000 in December.

Job additions for November were revised up by 39,000, from 210,000 to 249,000, according to data by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The unemployment rate decreased by 0.3 percentage point to 3.9% in December, beating the market expectation of 4.1%. It stood at 4.2% in November.

The number of unemployed individuals in the US has also continued to decline, down by 483,000 from the previous month to 6.3 million in December.

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