The January nonfarm payrolls report beat Wall Street expectations in both job creation and the unemployment rate. Here are the top five takeaways: From a headline perspective, the news was good.

You might feel like this past January was very cold. You might feel like it was one of the coldest Januarys. It just depends on how we slice up the weather this past month. The short summary was ...

Sales of previously owned homes in January dropped a wider-than-expected 8.4% from December. The median price for a home sold in January was $396,800, up 0.9% year over year and the highest January ...

In an omen of economic uncertainty ahead, U.S. companies laid off 108,435 workers in January, an increase of 205% from December. That's the highest number of job cuts announced in any January since ...

The January employment gain — which came in well above the 75,000 economists polled by FactSet had forecast— was the highest headline number since July 2025, according to eToro U.S. investment analyst ...

Sales of new cars and trucks — a barometer for the economy — sank in January to the lowest level in three years after a major winter storm. It could be a tough year for automobile makers even after ...

New numbers from U.S.-based employers show January was the worst month for job cuts since 2009, according to a report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas. A total of 108,435 jobs were cut, according to ...

US stocks were little changed Wednesday after new data showed the economy added 130,000 jobs in January, exceeding economists’ expectations. Stocks fluctuated between gains and losses. The Dow closed ...

Layoffs across the U.S. surged in January to their highest level for the month since 2009, when the economy was reeling from the housing crash, new data shows. Employers announced 108,435 job cuts in ...

The U.S. added 130,000 jobs in January but gained far fewer jobs than initially reported in 2025, according to data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The January employment ...

The U.S. economy posted solid job growth in January as employers hired at a steady pace to start 2026 as the Federal Reserve evaluates the need for rate cuts in the months ahead. The Labor Department ...