US Jobless Rate Sinks to 4.2 Percent as Many More People Find Jobs

US Jobless Rate Sinks to 4.2 Percent as Many More People Find Jobs
A traveller wheels her baggage past a now hiring sign outside a bar and restaurant, in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Oct. 9, 2021. David Zalubowski/AP Photo
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WASHINGTON—America’s unemployment rate tumbled last month to its lowest point since the pandemic struck, even as employers appeared to slow their hiring—a mixed picture that pointed to a resilient economy that’s putting more people to work.

The government reported Friday that businesses and other employers added just 210,000 jobs in November, the weakest monthly gain in nearly a year and less than half of October’s increase of 546,000.