Economy U.S. economy added just 143,000 jobs in January but unemployment rate fell to 4%

[Zincwarrior]

January jobs report. Payrolls added less than expected 143,000 (vs. 169,000 forecast) while unemployment rate fell to 4%.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/07/jobs-report-january-2025.html

U.S. economy added just 143,000 jobs in January but unemployment rate fell to 4%​

• Nonfarm payrolls in January rose by a seasonally adjusted 143,000 for the month, down from 307,000 in December and below the 169,000 forecast. The unemployment rate nudged lower to 4%.
• Job growth was concentrated in health care (44,000), retail (34,000) and government (32,000).
• Wages rose more than expected: Average hourly earnings increased 0.5% for the month and 4.1% from a year ago, compared with respective estimates for 0.3% and 3.7%.
• The report also featured significant benchmark revisions to the 2024 totals.

 

[debbiedowner]

January jobs report. Payrolls added less than expected 143,000 (vs. 169,000 forecast) while unemployment rate fell to 4%.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/07/jobs-report-january-2025.html

The unemployment rate in the coming months is bound to go up with all the firings and resignations. Govt, non profits, etc. This should pan out to be real good for the govt.

 

[theHawk]

There’s going to be a lot of jobs picking crops!

Liberals on welfare will finally get some work!

 

[initforme]

There’s going to be a lot of jobs picking crops!

Liberals on welfare will finally get some work!

Do we need farm laborers? I don't think so

 

[Deplorable Yankee]

Plenty of work for laid off government workers
If the deportations pick up speed let's hope
That'll be plenty of jobs at McDonald's and Walmart and warehouses and all over

Most former government employees are pretty much qualified for Starbucks and not much else...

A trillion dollar pledge

The South and Texas are always open for business

 

[braalian]

the only reason any able bodied American hasn’t been able to find a job is because they choose not to work.

We all know unemployment hasn’t been a problem for years

 

[luiza]

January jobs report. Payrolls added less than expected 143,000 (vs. 169,000 forecast) while unemployment rate fell to 4%.

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The BLS reported that in January, 1,045,000 to be precise, foreign-born workers found a job (and as Standard Chartered explained lst June, this is largely illegal or "undocumented" aliens) compared to only 8,000 native-born workers!

Read full report in ZeroHedge which details Biden regime's cheat record with figures .

 

[Hollie]

Typical for the Biden / leftists to come up short. The left will simply revise (down) the numbers as they have done consistently.

January Jobs Report: Biden Fell Short Of Expectations. Again.

The Labor Department issued its January jobs report on Friday, revealing that the last month of the Biden presidency was another instance of the Biden administration falling short and that the revised monthly average for jobs in all of 2024 had been overstated.One hundred forty-three thousand...

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The Labor Department issued its January jobs report on Friday, revealing that the last month of the Biden presidency was another instance of the Biden administration falling short and that the revised monthly average for jobs in all of 2024 had been overstated.

 

[initforme]

the only reason any able bodied American hasn’t been able to find a job is because they choose not to work.

We all know unemployment hasn’t been a problem for years

We need people leaving the workforce, not more going into it.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Typical for the Biden / leftists to come up short. The left will simply revise (down) the numbers as they have done consistently.

January Jobs Report: Biden Fell Short Of Expectations. Again.

The Labor Department issued its January jobs report on Friday, revealing that the last month of the Biden presidency was another instance of the Biden administration falling short and that the revised monthly average for jobs in all of 2024 had been overstated.One hundred forty-three thousand...

www.dailywire.com

The Labor Department issued its January jobs report on Friday, revealing that the last month of the Biden presidency was another instance of the Biden administration falling short and that the revised monthly average for jobs in all of 2024 had been overstated.

No different than what happened in Trump's first term. Educate yourself, Hollie, on how all this works.