US private-sector hiring slumped in January, adding just 22,000 jobs | Metals Mine

  • US private-sector hiring slumped in January, adding just 22,000 jobs

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    The brief US government shutdown has delayed the official jobs report for January – with the data now set to land on February 11 instead of this coming Friday – but the first look at hiring activity in the private sector showed that employment gains sputtered to start the year. Payroll giant ADP reported Wednesday that employers in the private sector added just 22,000 jobs in January, about half the size of the 45,000-job gain economists were expecting. Job growth slowed further from December’s employment gains that were revised down to 37,000 from 41,000. January’s job gains were driven entirely by continued ... (full story)

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traderathome
Feb 4, 2026 2:17pm
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A drop in the bucket. That drip of water will be gone by the coming of those hundreds of thousands of jobs to be lost (Amazon, and multiple other big employers already announced in December it is going to happen). So, the BLS "Bullshit Reports" continue to earn the disgust of the general population.... figures so manipulated, modified and "managed" to "please the market" that is only interested in profits for the wealthiest and to help keep the general population from knowing the truth.... and maybe trying to do something about it. THEY MUST NOT ALLOW THE GOLDEN APPLECART OF THE WEALTHY TO BE UPSET, NO MATTER HOW BAD IT GETS FOR EVERYONE ELSE! And so they must all be very happy the President himself is partial to lying.
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Trader#436F
Feb 4, 2026 2:44pm
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Quoting traderathome
A drop in the bucket. That drip of water will be gone by the coming of those hundreds of thousands of jobs to be lost (Amazon, and multiple other big employers already announced in December it is going to happen). So, the BLS "Bullshit Reports" continue to earn the disgust of the general population.... figures so manipulated, modified and "managed" to "please the market" that is only interested in profits for the wealthiest and to help keep the general population from knowing the truth.... and maybe trying to do something...
Biden created over 13.5 million jobs, bro

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