The new job numbers are out. Only 148,000 jobs were created in December. In short, 2017 was the worst year for job growth since 2010.

New Jobs Created by year
2007 - 1,063,000
2008 - 3,093,000
2009 - 5,068,000
2010 - 1,061,000
2011 - 2,091,000
2012 - 2,142,000
2013 - 2,302,000
2014 - 2,998,000
2015 - 2,713,000
2016 - 2,240,000
2017 - 2,055,000