Economists had been expecting an overall healthy reading, with 169,000 net new jobs created in the month and the unemployment ...
Friday’s report provided evidence of slowing expansion. The 143,000 jobs added would be the weakest January total since 2016.
Annual revisions to jobs data and disruptions related to the catastrophic Los Angeles fires and severe winter storms are ...
The US economy kicked off 2025 by adding 143,000 jobs in January, fewer than expected; but the unemployment rate dipped to 4%, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The pace of hiring slowed slightly in January, signaling more subdued employment growth even as joblessness remained low.
U.S. job growth slowed at the start of the year as employers held back on hiring amid increased uncertainty about the economy ...
But first a bit of background: The numbers in Friday’s jobs report most likely will change in the months (and years) to come. That’s just the nature of data collection, statistics and research: ...
The U.S. labor market probably started 2025 the way it spent most of last year: generating decent, but unspectacular, job ...