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2022.01.09 04:35 GMT+8

U.S. unemployment rate in December falls to pandemic low

Updated 2022.01.09 04:35 GMT+8
Owen Fairclough

U.S. unemployment has fallen to the lowest level since the pandemic began and after a year of what the Biden administration calls record job gains.

Even though December's employment increase fell far short of expectations, many analysts say the economy is in good shape.

But as Owen Fairclough reports, those numbers don't reflect the impact of the Omicron variant.

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