December new non-farm payrolls (US) according to BLS: +50k lower than 60k consensus, down from 56k previous. December new non-farm payrolls (US) according to Truflation: +4.5k with total non-farm employment at 143.08M, near its 5-year high. BLS revised its employment figures for October and November to 76,000, lower than previously reported. - October was revised down by 68,000, from -105,000 to -173,000, - November was revised down by 8,000, from +64,000 to +56,000 Although our data follows a similar pattern to the BLS, with recent cooling in the new non-farm payrolls, zooming out, you can see that the total employment reached a plateau after a post-pandemic 2021-2022 recovery. To track labor changes for additional cooling signals, you can check Truflation paid data subscriptions on our website, -26% with code HAPPY2026 ➡️