New Delhi, Jan. 12 -- The US labour market is sending mixed signals, with unemployment remaining low even as job growth slows. Last week's jobs data showed that the U.S. jobless rate fell to 4.4% in December from 4.5% in November, its first decline since June. On the other hand, the Labor Department data showed that employers added just 50,000 jobs in December.

According to a Wall Street Journal report, the US economy saw the lowest pace of average monthly job growth in 2025 since 2003. US employers added 5,84,000 new jobs in 2025, which translated to about 49,000 jobs a month, on average. This was significantly lower than the trends in 2024, when the US economy added two million jobs, roughly about 1,68,000 jobs per month, according to ...