from new york. michelle fleury reports. we should get further evidence there is slowdown in the job markets. employers are growing more cautious and employees are sticking around longer. one caveat should see some distortion to the numbers, the auto and actors strikes both endedin auto and actors strikes both ended in november with many returning to work that same month. plus, the end of the year is when many seasonal workers get taken on. american central bank, the federal reserve, it will be watching closely because lowerjob growth will feel expectations the pheasant will leave rates on hold. they have risen 5% from nearly zero since march of last year as it wrestled to bring down inflation. thejobs report is a lot of economics data before the us central bank s meeting next week. despite expectation for a slowdown, america s labour market remains strong by historical standards. still, market remains strong by historicalstandards. still, if historical standards. still, if ec
hiring and employers are sticking around more. you also in the last month have to remember that we saw the numbers boosted slightly because remember the auto workers who are members of the auto workers union and as well as the actors in hollywood, though strikes and it s that help to boost novembers numbers but i think this slowdown shows that you are still seeing a strong amount ofjob growth. remember by historical standards this is still a good number. but it is a slower rate but we have seen in the past and thatis but we have seen in the past and that is significant because the federal reserve, america s federal bank, has raised interest rates from zero in march 2021, 2022 to above 5% in a short order to try to tackle inflation. it is beginning to ease and i think people will look at this number to say if we see a slowdown injob number to say if we see a slowdown in job growth may number to say if we see a slowdown injob growth may be number to say if we see a slowdown in