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US adds surprising 130,000 jobs last month yet revisions cut hundreds of thousands of jobs last year
U.S. employers added a surprisingly strong 130,000 jobs last month, but government revisions cut 2024-2025 U.S. payrolls by hundreds of thousands. The unemployment rate fell to 4.3%, the Labor Department said Wednesday. The report included major revisions that reduced the number of jobs created last year to just 181,000, weakest since the pandemic year of 2020, and less than half the previously reported 584,000. The job market has been sluggish for months even though the economy is registering solid growth. But the January numbers came in stronger than the 75,000 economists had expected. Healthcare accounted for ... (full story)
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From bls.gov|Feb 11, 2026|81 commentsTotal nonfarm payroll employment rose by 130,000 in January, and the unemployment rate changed little at 4.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in health care, social assistance, and construction, while federal government and financial activities lost jobs. This news release presents statistics from two monthly surveys. The household survey measures labor force status, including unemployment, by demographic characteristics. The establishment survey measures nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings by industry. For more information about the concepts and statistical methodology used in these two surveys, see the Technical Note.
U.S. payrolls rose by 130,000 in January, more than expected; unemployment rate at 4.3% Job growth was stronger than expected to start 2026, providing some relief to concerns about the state of the U.S. labor market. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 130,000 for January, above the Dow Jones consensus estimate for 55,000, according to seasonally adjusted figures the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Wednesday. The total also was an improvement over December, which saw a gain of 48,000 after a slight downward revision. The unemployment rate edged lower to 4.3%, below the forecast to stay unchanged at 4.4% from the prior month. The report, delayed nearly a week by the partial government shutdown that ended Feb. 3, held consistent with a US LABOR DEPARTMENT PAYROLLS BENCHMARK REVISIONS: THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NONFARM EMPLOYMENT LEVEL FOR MARCH 2025 WAS REVISED DOWNWARD BY 898,000 ... THE JOBS STORY JUST GOT REWRITTEN On February 11, 2026, the Bureau of Labor Statistics slashed its 2025 payroll numbers in its annual benchmark update. What changed: Total job growth was revised from +584,000 to +181,000. That’s an average of just +15,000 jobs per month, not…
From zawya.com|Feb 11, 2026Gold prices gained on Wednesday, buoyed by a weaker dollar and lower Treasury yields, while investors awaited key U.S. jobs data later in the day for clues on the Federal ...
From financemagnates.com|Feb 11, 2026Limassol, Cyprus - January 2026, The final quarter of 2025 brought a clear shift in market conditions. After a relatively calm Q3, volatility returned in force, and easyMarkets ...
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From @realDonaldTrump|Feb 11, 2026|18 comments
Just in: GREAT JOBS NUMBERS, FAR GREATER THAN EXPECTED! The United States of America should be paying MUCH LESS on its Borrowings (BONDS!). We are again the strongest Country in the World, and should therefore be paying the LOWEST INTEREST RATE, by far. This would be an INTEREST COST SAVINGS OF AT LEAST ONE TRILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR - BALANCED BUDGET, PLUS. WOW! The Golden Age of America is upon us!!! President DJT
From zerohedge.com|Feb 11, 2026Nickel futures in London jumped on Wednesday after the world's biggest nickel mine in Indonesia was forced to drastically reduce output, in an effort to tighten global supply to ...
From kansascityfed.org|Feb 11, 2026|1 commentThank you for joining me today. It is an honor to be in the beautiful state of New Mexico, and in Albuquerque, one of the largest cities in the seven-state region that makes up the Federal Reserve’s Tenth District. The Federal Reserve’s regional structure, with 12 independent and locally rooted district banks spread across the country, is one of the most defining features of the nation’s central bank. These regional banks, including the Kansas City Fed, work alongside the Board of Governors, located in Washington, D.C., to set monetary policy and influence interest rates across the entire economy. This system of regional input in setting monetary policy, which is unique to the United States, ensures that a wide variety of voices and views, including yours, inform some of the most important economic decisions in our country. From Kansas City and our offices in Denver, Omaha, and Oklahoma City, the Bank engages with local communities, listening and collecting insights and data that shape policy. I personally find speaking to individuals about their economic lives to be one of the most enriching parts of my job, and I take every opportunity I can to travel throughout the district. Speaking of travel, I would like to b FED'S SCHMID SAYS APPROPRIATE TO KEEP RESTRICTIVE MONETARY POLICY WITH INFLATION CLOSE TO 3% FED'S SCHMID SAYS NOT SEEING EVIDENCE CURRENT LEVEL OF INTEREST RATES IS RESTRAINING ECONOMY SCHMID: FURTHER FED RATE CUTS COULD ALLOW HIGHER INFLATION TO PERSIST FOR LONGER FED'S SCHMID: PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS COULD ALLOW FASTER GROWTH WITHOUT INFLATION, BUT 'WE ARE NOT THERE YET' - CURRENT INFLATION RATE INDICATES STILL-STRONG DEMAND IS OUTPACING IMPROVEMENTS IN SUPPLY
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