The US job market is slowing quietly and young jobseekers will feel it first
US job market is slowing down quietly On January 9, 2026, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its Employment Situation report for December 2025, and the headline seemed almost designed to soothe. Employers added 50,000 non-farm jobs, and the unemployment rate held steady at 4.4%, according to the BLS. Nothing dramatic. Nothing alarming.But…