US job growth slowed more than expected in December due to corporate caution about hiring due to tariffs and rising investment in artificial intelligence, but the unemployment rate fell to 4.4%, supporting expectations that the Federal Reserve would leave interest rates unchanged this month.Nonfarm payrolls rose by 50,000 jobs last month after rising by a […]
The dollar was on track for its best week in more than a month on Friday as investors bet the Federal Reserve is unlikely to cut interest rates next month, with the case for further easing made no clearer by a confusing US jobs report. The yen briefly shot higher on Friday after Japanese Finance […]