January Jobs Report Reveals Weaker Growth Than Predicted—Weakest Start To Year Since 2016

The first jobs report since President Donald Trump’s inauguration came out Friday morning, falling short of headline expectations in the weakest start to a year for overall job growth since ... Read More

Why January's Weak Jobs Report Makes a Rate Cut Less Likely

Hiring is off to a slower-than-expected start this year, but the Federal Reserve ... While employers added 143,000 jobs in January—a weaker-than-expected showing to kick off 2025—the broader ... Read More

U.S. Job Growth Slower Than Expected in January

Employers added 143,000 jobs to nonfarm payrolls in January, according to the latest data published Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The latest nonfarm payroll gains were weaker than ... Read More

Jobs Report Shows Massive Hiring in January: What the Experts Are Saying

Eugenio Alemán, chief economist at Raymond James "Data revisions make this jobs report much noisier than ... January's payroll gain, but the firm pace of average hourly earnings growth and a 53 ... Read More

January Jobs Growth Comes In Hot: What the Experts Are Saying

A January jobs report that crushed expectations means the Federal Reserve will almost certainly not enact its first quarter-point interest rate cut at its March meeting, experts say. U.S. nonfarm ... Read More

American Employers Add Fewer Jobs Than Expected in January Even as Jobless Rate Falls to 4 Percent

WASHINGTON — American employers added just 143,000 jobs last month, but the unemployment rate fell to 4 percent to start 2025. The first monthly jobs report of ... 4.1 percent from January 2024, a bit ... Read More

US employers added 143,000 jobs in unspectacular January hiring and jobless rate fell to 4%

Average hourly wages rose by 0.5% from December and 4.1% from January 2024, a bit hotter than forecasters had expected ... job growth to slow to between 100,000 and 150,000 a month this year ... Read More