U.S. January job gains of 130,000, surpassing expectations

2026-02-17 09:26:50

Investing.com - The U.S. economy added 130,000 jobs in January, far exceeding economists’ forecast of a 66,000 increase and also surpassing the revised job growth of 48,000 in December.

At the same time, the unemployment rate fell to 4.3%, compared to the estimated 4.4%, which was unchanged from December.

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