new video loaded: The Hidden Quantity Driving U.S. Job Progress
After a yr of simply 181,000 new jobs, January’s 131,000 improve within the U.S. workforce was surprisingly constructive. Ben Casselman, The New York Instances’ chief financial correspondent, explains the numbers.
By Ben Casselman, Christina Thornell, Christina Shaman, June Kim and Nikolay Nikolov
February 13, 2026
