The U.S. labor market is facing another year of sluggish hiring and a further increase in the unemployment rate, a leading economist has warned. In a recent blog post , Mark Zandi, the chief economist at Moody's Analytics, predicted that the U.S. economy will still experience growth in 2026, but that this will be "fragile," and that the ongoing trend of "little to no job growth" will persist throughout the year. "Consumers and businesses will eventually lose faith in the economy and become more