The #US #economy added just 50,000 #jobs in December, capping off one of the weakest years of job gains in decades
The latest #BLS data means 2025 saw the weakest annual job growth since 2003, with just 584,000 jobs added in the entire year.
#labor #inflation #tariffs #recession #trump #trumpcession
https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/us-jobs-report-december-01-09-2026?cid=ios_app
Almost 85% of the job gains for 2025 happened by April, said Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union. “There was little hiring the rest of the year,” she wrote in commentary issued Friday.
That’s notable since April was the month that #Trump introduced his aggressive #tariffs on global trading partners.
Also, Trump had only been in office 2 months by April & the #economy was still benefiting from #Biden’s policies.
