Government reports economy added 156,000 new jobs in December

The government reported Friday that the U.S. economy generated 156,000 new non-farm jobs in December. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ report arrived at those numbers from analysis of the Current Employment Survey, a survey of 146,000 business establishments and government agencies. Of the total new jobs created in December, 144,000 were in the private-sector, 12,000 in the public sector.