Unemployment

Ahead of January’s jobs report, Santander US and Citi were among the closest in projecting the number of new jobs, while Barclays and UBS

The January nonfarm payrolls report beat Wall Street expectations in both job creation and the unemployment rate.

The BLS released its delayed jobs report Wednesday showing that the US added 130,000 jobs in January, and unemployment ticked down to 4.3%.

The January jobs report beat expectations, but major revisions show 2025 job growth was far weaker than first reported, with hiring concentrated in just

U.S. employers added 130,000 jobs in January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Feb. 11, and the agency’s revisions to prior monthly data indicate

Jobs report lands with surprising 130,000 jobs added to US economy last month – Job growth surpasses 100,000 for the first time since early

Job growth in the US picked up last month, gathering pace after the weakest year for new jobs since the Covid-19 pandemic. Employers added

Guy Berger, workforce economist in residence at Guild, said it was a good—or even very good—report.

The most negative signal on the unemployment rate in January is the consumer-confidence report’s labor-market differential. That report, released late last month, showed the

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is set to issue a final revision of jobs data for the 12 months ended March 2025. + An