Still, the jobless rate slipped to 4% to start 2025
The openings fell short of what economists had expected
The tariffs threaten to blow up the trade agreement Trump himself negotiated with America’s neighbours
Q4 growth came in below economists' expectations; the economy grew 2.8% during the year
The agency expects the world economy to grow 3.3% this year and next
The World Bank expects the world economy to expand 2.7% in 2025 and again in 2026
Compared to a year earlier, producer prices rose 3.3%, the biggest jump since February 2023
Many economists don’t expect the Fed to cut rates again until the second half of 2025, if at all
The unemployment rate is 4.2%, up from a half century low 3.4% reached in 2023
GDP growth has topped 2% in eight of the last nine quarters