In economic news, the Labor Department’s job report released on Friday showed U.S. job growth slowed significantly in November, with 245,000 jobs added last month — less than half the jobs added in October. This comes as a bipartisan group of senators says they are hopeful they will reach an agreement on a new stimulus bill very soon. A series of stimulus programs keeping millions of Americans and small businesses afloat are set to expire in the coming weeks if lawmakers fail to pass new legislation.