The Bureau of Labor Statistics released job figures for December, which showed a better than expected increase of jobs. While jobs increased by 292,000, the unemployment rate remained at 5% for the third month in a row with 7.9 individuals unemployed. Essentially unchanged were the number of long-term unemployed at 2.1 million, the number of involuntary part-time workers at 6.0 million, and the number of people marginally attached to the labor force at 1.8 million. Some predict that further reductions in unemployment could lead to inflation.

Long-term unemployed includes those who have been jobless for 27 weeks or more.
Involuntary part-time workers includes individuals, who would have preferred full-time employment, were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find a full-time job
People marginally attached to the labor force are those who are not in the labor force, wanted and were available for work, had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months but not during the 4 weeks preceding the survey.

With respect to wages, hourly earnings dropped by one cent after a five cent increase in November.

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