en|en|#USJobsData The latest employment data in the US is mixed. The number of unemployment claims fell to about 216,000 for the week ending November 22, the lowest level since April, indicating that layoffs remain low ¹. At the same time, the unemployment rate rose to 4.4% in September – the highest in four years – after the labor force grew and employers added 119,000 non-farm jobs (the private sector increased by 97,000) ².

Even #USJobsData with this moderate hiring, the market looks tight: The Bureau of Labor Statistics still counts about 7.4 million job openings nationwide, with many in healthcare, skilled trades, and AI-related technologies $XRP ³. From the private sector, the weekly ADP pulse shows that employers cut an average of 13.5 thousand jobs per week over the last four weeks, suggesting that the slowdown in hiring is real ⁴.

Thus, the headline reads "low fire, low rent": the number of claims is decreasing, the unemployment rate is slowly rising, and while there are enough vacancies, employers are cautious, and the overall pace of hiring has cooled.