New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Weak U.S. Job Growth Continued But Unemployment Rate Unexpectedly Slipped Back to 4.4%
January 9, 2026
In a week full of data releases, the most eagerly awaited report from the get-go had been today’s U.S. December employment situation report from the Labor Department, which presented mixed results relative to market expectations but an overall soft picture. Non-farm payroll jobs climbed by a smaller-than-forecast 50 thousand, and revisions to the October and […] More