Employers added 143,000 jobs in January amid a slowdown in the labor market
The U.S. economy added fewer jobs in January than economists had forecast, although the jobless rate edged lower.
January Jobs Report Reveals Weaker Growth Than Predicted—Weakest Start To Year Since 2016
Friday’s report provided evidence of slowing expansion. The 143,000 jobs added would be the weakest January total since 2016.
US job market likely began the year strong, but faces cloudier future
The U.S. labor market probably started 2025 the way it spent most of last year: generating decent, but unspectacular, job ...
The U.S. added fewer jobs than expected in January
Job creation was weaker than expected for the first month of 2025, even as unemployment edged down. Nonfarm payrolls climbed 143,000 in January, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics ...
What to Watch in the Release
Economists are betting that 2025 kicked off with cooler levels of job growth. But overall stable labor conditions should keep ...
Unemployment applications rose to 219K last week; layoffs remain relatively low
More Americans filed unemployment claims last week, but the labor market remains healthy and layoffs relatively low ...
What to expect in Friday’s jobs report
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: ...