Get ready for one of the most unpredictable monthly jobs reports in a while.
The pandemic has come roaring back, filling hospitals with coronavirus patients, while restaurants and retail shops empty out.
That is expected to put a squeeze on job gains: Forecasters expect a report Friday from the Labor Department will show that U.S. employers added fewer workers in November than the 638,000 created a month earlier.
How much less is uncertain as the pandemic makes it hard to forecast economic indicators.