new video uploaded: The hidden number driving U.S. job growth
After a year of just 181,000 job creations, the 131,000 increase in U.S. jobs in January was surprisingly positive. Ben Casselman, chief economics correspondent for the New York Times, explains these figures.
By Ben Casselman, Christina Thornell, Christina Shaman, June Kim and Nikolay Nikolov
February 13, 2026




