NEW YORK (January 10) - The December jobs report printed at a moderate 145,000 new jobs, below the consensus estimate of 164,000. Revisions for October (-4,000) and November (-10,000) netted 14,000 fewer jobs.
Average jobs printed up in both the three-month and six-month average categories, as shown in our chart here:
Source: The Stuyvesant Square Consultancy, compiled from BLS Establishment Data for December, 2019.
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.5%, unchanged since November and matching the lowest unemployment rate in 50 years. The seasonally adjusted U-6 Unemployment, at 6.7%, was down 2/10th