The Hidden Number Driving U.S. Job Growth

Scritto il 13/02/2026
da Ben Casselman, Christina Thornell, Christina Shaman, June Kim and Nikolay Nikolov

After a year of just 181,000 new jobs, January’s 131,000 increase in the U.S. workforce was surprisingly positive. Ben Casselman, The New York Times’ chief economic correspondent, explains the numbers.