The U.S. economy added far more jobs than anticipated in January, underlining signs of stabilization in the labor market which could factor into Federal Reserve interest rate decisions later this year. Nonfarm payrolls last month came in at 130,000, well above economists’ estimates of 66,000 and up from a downwardly-revised mark of 48,000 in December. ...
Alex Wong/Getty ImagesJob growth during President Donald Trump’s first year back in office was far weaker than previously estimated, with the economy adding hundreds of thousands fewer jobs in 2025 than originally projected. Instead of 584,000 jobs, or 49,000 jobs per month on average, the economy added just 181,000 jobs last year, for an average of 15,000 jobs per month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’s latest jobs report released Wednesday.Even under the original projections, Trump presided over the weakest year of job gains outside of a recession since 2003, falling far short of the 168,000 jobs per month on average that were added to the U.S. economy under former President Joe Biden.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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U.S. stocks traded mixed midway through trading, with the S&P 500 gaining around 0.1% on Wednesday.The Dow traded down 0.07% to 50,155.13 while the NASDAQ fell 0.11% to 23,077.62. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.14% to 6,950.34.Check This Out: How To Earn $500 A Month From Goldman Sachs Stock Ahead Of Q4 EarningsLeading and Lagging SectorsEnergy shares gained by 2.4% on Wednesday.In trading on Wednesday, communication services stocks fell by 1.5%.Top HeadlineThe U.S. economy added 130,000 jobs in January, according to data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.The pace of employment growth sharply surpassed economist expectations of 70,000 and marked a strong acceleration compared to December's downwardly revised 48,000. The unemployment rate unexpectedly dropped from 4.4% to 4.3%.Wage growth strengthened. Average hourly earnings for private nonfarm employees rose 15 cents, or 0.4%, to 37 dollars and 17 cents. That marked an acceleration from December’s 0.1% increase and exceeded expectations of 0.3%.Equities Trading UP RenX Enterprises Corp (NASDAQ:RENX) shares shot up 72% to $0.24. RenX announced on Tuesday that its wholly owned subsidiary, Zimmer Equipment, Inc., secured a hauling ...Full story available on Benzinga.com
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