The U.S. economy added 130,000 jobs in January — nearly double what economists projected — handing the White House a headline it was eager to claim. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the delayed report Wednesday, and the administration wasted no time framing it as vindication.
But buried beneath the topline number was a far more consequential story: the BLS also revised 2025 employment figures sharply downward, shaving more than 400,000 jobs off the year’s total. What was initially reported as 584,000 new jobs in 2025 now stands at just 181,000.
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