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Economy adds modest 148,000 jobs in December

Businesses added just 148,000 jobs in December and the unemployment rate stayed unchanged at 4.1 percent, the Labor Department reported on Friday. The figure undershot economists' predictions of about 180,000 jobs added. Hourly earnings continued their modest rise, growing 2.5 percent in December year-over-year.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/eco...s-in-december/