Jobs Report

“U.S. employers added 145,000 jobs in December and the unemployment rate held steady at 3.5%, signaling that the job market remains strong at the start of 2020 even if hiring and wage gains have slowed somewhat more than a decade into an economic expansion.” (AP News)

The left worries that too many workers are being left out of the economic gains, and calls for systemic reforms.

“We must focus not just on wage trends but on wage levels… and ask: Are wages adequate? Can people support themselves and their families...