Jan. jobs report indicates labor market's uncanny balance

January jobs report: Economy at full employment. Wage pressure picks up.
Economists had been expecting an overall healthy reading, with 169,000 net new jobs created in the month and the unemployment rate holding steady at 4.1%. The January report, which effectively closes the book on the Biden-era job market,
Employers added 143,000 jobs in January amid a slowdown in the labor market
The U.S. economy added fewer jobs in January than economists had forecast, although the jobless rate edged lower.
January jobs report indicates labor market's uncanny balance
The U.S. labor market started 2025 — and President Trump's term — in a state of uncanny balance. Why it matters: Unemployment is low and steady, and job growth is chugging consistently forward. It's an environment that allows policymakers at the Federal Reserve and beyond to be patient in deciding what to do next.
January jobs data looks a lot like a pre-COVID report, when economy was fairly stable: economist
Some economists may view the January jobs report as a bit of a soft report. But when you put it in the context of the last 20 years, it is pretty close to the pre-COVID era, when there was a fairly stable economy,
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