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The economy added only 199,000 jobs in December due to the new wave of coronavirus infections

2022-01-07T14:15:01.662Z


The unemployment rate fell for another month to stand at 3.9%, a very healthy figure for experts, who nevertheless fear a greater impact in January due to the omicron variant.


The economy added 199,000 jobs in December, below experts' expectations, although the unemployment rate fell from 4.2% to 3.9% at a time when companies are struggling to fill vacancies and many people remain reluctant to go back to work.

A woman requests information at a job-finding fair in Miami Gardens, Florida, on September 3, 2021. Marta Lavandier / AP

[A record 4.5 million people left their jobs in November and there are almost 11 million unfilled job offers]

The outbreak of the wave of infections caused by the omicron variant of COVID-19 may have had an impact on the December figures, leading many parents to stay at home with their children instead of going to work.

With information from The Associated Press

Source: telemundo

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