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(CNN Business) ––
The US economy added 199,000 jobs in December, the Labor Department reported Friday.
This is the fewest jobs added in any month in 2021.
The figure is also a disappointment, as economists expected twice as much.
However, the unemployment rate fell to 3.9%, marking a new pandemic-era low.
News in development.