“The December JOLTS report is consistent with the Fed’s view that the labor market is healthy enough to tolerate a more cautious approach to lowering rates, particularly given the uncertainty surrounding tariff policy, said Nancy Vanden Houten, lead U.S. economist at Oxford Economics.
U.S. job openings drop to 7.6 million in December, suggesting the job market is slowing but healthy
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Nancy Vanden Houten, lead U.S. economist at Oxford Economics, said in a commentary that current wage growth is consistent with the Fed’s inflation goals.
US adds a strong 256K jobs in December as unemployment rate dipped to 4.1%
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