The Labor Department released the December jobs report, which showed the U.S. economy added jobs at a modest pace to close out 2025 amid economic uncertainty.

A jobs report to be released on Friday will provide a key gauge of the health of the U.S. economy as the Federal Reserve slashes interest rates in an effort to revive an ailing labor market. The fresh data comes two weeks after a blockbuster report on economic growth appeared to rebuke worries about the wider economy.

Friday's release of the December jobs report revealed that the U.S. labor market is holding up "reasonably well" and "finding a tenuous equilibrium marked by light hiring and firing in parallel," said Jason Pride,