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.
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

