U.S. employers added just 50,000 jobs last month, according to a report Friday from the Labor Department. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate dipped to 4.4%, from 4.5% in November, while job gains for ...

The U.S. economy added just 50,000 jobs in December, capping off the worst year for hiring since 2020, when the Covid pandemic brought the global economy to a standstill. Save for 2020, last year ...

For the central bank to lower interest rates again, officials will likely need to see more notable signs that unemployment is rising. By Colby Smith Colby Smith covers the Federal Reserve. Officials ...

Hiring slowed more than expected in December, a sluggish end to what was one of the weakest years of job growth in decades, a dynamic that further amplified America’s affordability crisis. The US ...

Crystal L. Smith, 72, of Moline, KS, passed away on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, at the Eureka Health Center. Crystal was born on November 3, 1953, in Springfield, MO., the daughter of Floyd and Rose ...