The U.S. economy added fewer jobs in January than economists had forecast, although the jobless rate edged lower.
Friday’s report provided evidence of slowing expansion. The 143,000 jobs added would be the weakest January total since 2016.
Economists were projecting the unemployment rate would stay at 4.1% and 170,000 jobs would be added, according to FactSet estimates. Friday’s report — which also featured some significant data ...
More Americans filed unemployment claims last week, but the labor market remains healthy and layoffs relatively low ...
When the Labor Department releases January employment numbers, they’re likely to show decent, but unspectacular, job growth ...
Hiring was weaker than expected by economists, who had forecast that the economy had added 170,000 jobs last month, according to a poll by FactSet. On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said ...