US jobless rate sinks to 3.9% as more people find jobs
US jobless rate sinks to 3.9% as more people find jobs
By Christopher Rugaber | The Associated Press
The nation’s unemployment rate fell in December to a healthy 3.9% — a pandemic low — even as employers added a modest 199,000 jobs, evidence that they are struggling to fill jobs with many Americans reluctant to return to the workforce.
The drop in the jobless rate, from 4.2% in November, indicated that many more people found work last month. Indeed,…
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