Source: National Public Radio [US state media]
“Hiring grew a little warmer last month after a chilly year in 2025. A report from the Labor Department on Wednesday showed U.S. employers added a better-than-expected 130,000 jobs in January — but an annual update shows hiring last year was much weaker than initially reported. The news comes amid worries that the nation’s jobs engine has been sputtering. Employment gains for November and December were revised down by a total of 17,000 jobs. Once a year, the Labor Department updates its jobs tally with more accurate but less timely information drawn from unemployment tax records. Wednesday’s revision shows there were nearly 900,000 fewer jobs in the economy last March than originally counted.” (02/11/26)
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/11/nx-s1-5708807/jobs-labor-unemployment-economy