Key Takeaways A long-delayed hiring report will probably confirm the job market kept cooling this autumn. On Tuesday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics is expected to release data showing that U.S. employers added 50,000 jobs in Novemberand that the unemployment rate rose to 4.5%, its highest level since 2021, according to a survey of forecasters by Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal. The report will also likely show the economy lost jobs in October due to mass layoffs of federal workers, several ...