📰【December 17 News Event Key Focus Overview】
On the evening of December 16, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released data showing that non-farm payroll employment increased by 64,000 in November, better than expected, as economists had previously predicted an increase of 45,000. In October, the number decreased by 105,000. The unemployment rate in September was 4.4%, rising to 4.6% in November, higher than the expected 4.5%. Due to previous government shutdowns that prevented the collection of data afterward, the BLS was unable to release the unemployment rate for October.
In October, non-farm employment decreased, marking the largest drop since the end of 2020, primarily due to a reduction of 162,000 in federal employment—employees participating in the Trump administration's deferred resignation plan were officially removed from the payroll.
