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    US ends strong year with gain of 148,000 jobs in December

    by Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times Jan 05, 2018 3 minutes

    WASHINGTON –– The U.S. labor market ended a year of solid growth on a disappointing note in December, but economists said tax cuts are set to breathe some new life into the gradually decelerating employment recovery.

    December's gain of 148,000 net new jobs, reported Friday by the Labor Department, was down sharply from an upwardly revised 252,000 net new jobs added in November.

    December's job creation was enough to push 2017's total over 2 million for

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