{"id":143874,"date":"2026-01-09T14:47:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T14:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=143874"},"modified":"2026-01-09T14:47:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T14:47:05","slug":"us-job-growth-slows-amid-ai-boom-and-tariff-caution-fed-likely-to-hold-rates-steadyunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=143874","title":{"rendered":"US job growth slows amid AI boom and tariff caution, Fed likely to hold rates steadyUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostUS job growth slowed more than expected in December amid business caution about hiring because of import tariffs and rising artificial intelligence \u200cinvestment, but the unemployment rate dipped to 4.4 per cent, supporting expectations the Federal Reserve would leave interest rates unchanged \u200dthis month.<br \/>\nNonfarm payrolls increased by 50,000 jobs last month after rising by a downwardly revised 56,000 in November, the Labor Department\u2019s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said on Friday. Economists&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3339399\/us-job-growth-slows-amid-ai-boom-and-tariff-caution-fed-likely-hold-rates-steady?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostUS job growth slowed more than expected in December amid business caution about hiring because of import tariffs and rising artificial&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143874"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143874\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}