By bizn_fun 
On average, the US added just 49,000 jobs per month in 2025, down from an estimated gain of two million a month the year before.
The Labor Department said new positions in October and November were also about 76,000 lower than previously estimated.
The figures have underscored the mixed dynamics facing job-seekers in the US, where hiring has cooled markedly over the last year but fears of mass layoffs have not materialised.
The US Federal Reserve central bank has responded to the slowdown by cutting its key lending rate in hopes of giving the economy a boost, despite concerns that inflation is still bubbling.
But the central bank is divided about how much lower borrowing costs should go.