U.S. employers add 130,000 jobs in January
Digest more
New data on jobs and layoffs this week highlights rising job cuts and lackluster hiring plans.
M in December vs. 7.245M consensus and 6.928M in November (revised from 7.146M), according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Monday.
WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - U.S. job openings dropped to the lowest level in more than five years in December and data for the prior month was revised lower amid a softening in labor market conditions at the end of 2025.
Just The News on MSN
Job openings hit lowest since 2020, down by nearly 1 million in 2025: BLS
Job openings hit 6.5 million in December
Job openings unexpectedly fell for a third straight month in December, hitting 6.542 million vacancies according to the latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS).
US job openings hit a 5-year low at 6.5M in December, reflecting a sluggish labor market despite strong economic growth.
When NBC News’ Tom Llamas asked Donald Trump about the struggling economy this week, the president seemed eager to respond with a familiar claim. “OK, you ready?” he asked the anchor. “So we have, it was just announced,
The result is that Oregon now has 2.4 unemployed people for each vacant job, according to Anna Johnson of the Oregon Employment Department. That’s a far worse ratio than the U.S. as a whole. Nationally, the number of unemployed is only slightly higher than the number of open jobs.