US sees employment rise by 200,000+ for the 11th month in a row

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 252,000 in December, and the unemployment
rate declined to 5.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Job gains occurred in professional and business services, construction, food
services and drinking places, health care, and manufacturing.

The U.S. economy added 252,000 jobs in December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday. That’s the 11th month in a row that job growth topped 200,000, the first time that has happened since the mid-1990s. For the full year, employers added nearly 3 million jobs, making it the best year since 1999. And the unemployment rate dipped to 5.6 percent, the lowest it has been since June 2008.