The January jobs report absolutely blew away economists' and market participants' expectations. U.S. total nonfarm payroll employment expanded by an almost unthinkable 517,000 new jobs in January ...

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Hatzius, Goldman Sachs chief economist, joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss the economist's thoughts on the latest jobs ...

Hiring slowed in January as U.S. employers added 143,000 ... But he added that a strong jobs report shouldn't keep the Fed from resuming rate cuts as long as its preferred inflation measure ...

One glaring weakness in the report: The average workweek fell ... prompting fewer layoffs in January and lifting employment on a seasonally adjusted basis. That likely swelled payrolls by about ...

Following Friday's jobs report, market pricing of the Fed holding ... Wages rose 4.1% over the prior year in January, up from 3.9% in December and above the 3.8% economists had expected.

The U.S. job market began the year on a stunningly strong foot, boosted by a flurry of hiring at bars and restaurants. Employers added 517,000 jobs in January, the Labor Department said in its ...

The big question in the January report will be whether the labor market has settled into a place where job and wage growth are both slow enough to be consistent with the Fed’s 2 percent ...

The January jobs report showed lower-than-expected job creation and downward revisions for 2024, but unemployment fell to 4%. The Trump administration's policies may reverse the decline in energy ...

All eyes will be on the January jobs report when it is released Friday morning, as investors look for clues about the labor market's health in the face of higher interest rates and still-high ...

Even as technology company layoffs mount and key parts of the economy weaken, forecasts for the January 2023 jobs report call for another month of healthy readings on employment. The question is ...