US hiring soars past expectations as unemployment edges down
Mădălin Mihai
The United States added 130,000 jobs last month, the Department of Labor said, significantly above the 55,000 predicted in surveys by Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal. This was also the biggest monthly gain since late 2024. The jobless rate inched lower to 4.3 percent from 4.4 percent in December. Trump swiftly lauded the "great jobs numbers" in a Truth Social post, reiterating his push for lower interest rates. But revisions to 2025 figures indicated that the world's biggest
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