U.S. employers added just 143,000 jobs last month, but the jobless rate slipped to 4% to start 2025 and the government revised November and December payrolls higher. The first job report of Donald ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nation's unemployment rate unexpectedly dropped to 5.7 percent in January as businesses added 143,000 new jobs, a shot of good news for an ailing economy. The increase in ...

The US economy added significantly more jobs than expected in the first batch of economic data released since the government shutdown — a jolt that is unlikely to help the case for an interest rate ...