Delayed jobs report: Unemployment ticks up to 4.6%, jobs up 64,000
A shutdown-delayed jobs report released Dec. 16 showed an increase of 64,000 jobs in November, rebounding from a large loss of 105,000 jobs in October. Unemployment ticked higher to 4.6%, the highest since September 2021. The October loss was the largest since December 2020, during a COVID-19 surge when jobs dropped by 183,000, according to […]