US EditionJanuary Jobs Report Beats Expectations, But Sector Stagnation ...
The White House highlights 130,000 January job gains and a prime-age employment rate at 80.9% as signs of stronger economic growth in 2026.
- On Wednesday, the White House said it hailed the January jobs report as an early sign of a `record successful year` in 2026, saying it `shattered expectations`.
- The shift in employment from the public sector to the private sector will bolster economic growth after last year's net gain of 181,000 jobs, which many economists described as stagnant.
- The labor market added 130,000 jobs in January, including 172,000 private-sector hires more than two and a half times economists' predictions, prime-age workers had 80.9% employment, and the inflation rate fell from 2.7% to 2.4%.
- Others noted that one month's data is often revised downward, and Desmond Lachmann characterized the market as a `no-hire, no-fire kind of pattern` despite low unemployment.
- William Luther broadly agreed with the administration, saying the labor market appears to be in great shape while Ryan Young warned that siloed job growth in health care is concerning despite robust GDP growth in quarters two and three.
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‘Just the beginning of enormous growth': White House heralds strong jobs report
(The Center Square) – The White House is heralding a better-than-expected jobs report as one of the first signs of what it says will be a “record successful year” in 2026, after a year of stalled jobs growth.
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‘Just the beginning of enormous growth:’ White House heralds strong jobs report
(The Center Square) – The White House is heralding a better-than-expected jobs report as one of the first signs of what it says will be a “record successful year” in 2026, after a year of stalled jobs growth.
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