USA Adds 130,000 Jobs as 2025 Payrolls Face Heavy Revisions

Employers in USA added 130,000 jobs in January even as the government revised the total gains for 2025 down to only 181,000 positions.The unemployment rate fell to 4.3% following significant hiring in healthcare while companies including Amazon and UPS slashed tens of thousands of corporate roles.Jerome Powell and analysts like Shruti Mishra noted that high interest rates and Donald Trump's trade policies dampened hiring despite a 4.4% growth in GDP.