The US Labor Market Has Weakened. What Will Friday's Jobs Report Reveal? 34 minutes ago A report Friday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is expected to show the U.S. economy added 73,000 jobs in December, while the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.5% from 4.6% the month before, according to a survey of economists by Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal. The job growth would be slightly higher than the 64,000 jobs added in November, when the unemployment rate hit its highest level since 2021. ...