The unemployment rate crept up to 3.9 percent — the highest level since July, the Labor Department’s latest numbers showed.
Altogether, 2018 was the best year for job creation since 2015. The economy added 2.6 million jobs, and the year closed with a slightly higher labor participation rate: 63.1 percent of Americans were working or looking for jobs in December, up from November’s 62.9 percent.
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