【January 9 News Event Highlights Overview】

Tonight (Friday) at 21:30, the U.S. Department of Labor will release the December 2025 non-farm employment report. The market generally expects that the U.S. labor market continues to create jobs, but the growth rate has slowed compared to November, and the unemployment rate may slightly decline. This data is seen as the first "return to normal" employment report after the government shutdown.
However, due to the ongoing effects of the longest shutdown in history, employment data in the coming months may still be distorted. Additionally, long-term challenges in data collection for employment statistics make interpretation difficult for investors.
Market expectations: moderate employment growth, with the unemployment rate possibly slightly decreasing. Reuters forecasts that non-farm employment in December is expected to increase by 60,000 jobs, lower than November's 64,000; the unemployment rate is expected to decrease from 4.6% to 4.5%#非农