US Employment, Wage Growth Miss Expectations for December

US Employment, Wage Growth Miss Expectations for December
A hiring sign is displayed at a furniture store window in Downers Grove, Ill., on Sept. 17, 2021. Nam Y. Huh/AP Photo
Nicholas Dolinger
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Payrolls increased by almost 200,000 last December according to the new data by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, continuing a downward trend for total unemployment but underperforming relative to previous expectations.