Employers cut 140K jobs in December, but added 2.3K in accounting
Payrolls fell sharply in December, as the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that employment declined by 140,000 jobs amid the continuing economic fallout from the novel coronavirus pandemic. Nevertheless, the accounting and bookkeeping sector added 2,300 jobs last month. The unemployment rate remained at 6.7 percent despite the job cuts, which were the […]