Some strong news for the economy out today: The government reported this morning that the economy added 266,000 jobs in November. The unemployment rate ticked back down to 3.5 percent, matching a low from earlier this year that at the time was the lowest since 1969.
The U.S. economy has now added an average of 180,000 jobs each month this year, compared with an average monthly gain of 223,000 in 2018. November marked the 110th consecutive month of job gains.
The strongest industry in November was the health care and social assistance subsector (including child daycare and family services) saw a net gain of 60,200 jobs. Manufacturing technically had its best month for hiring since August 1998, although that was almost entirely thanks to General Motors workers returning from their strike.
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