Jobs growth under Trump even more dismal than originally thought

Job growth during President Donald Trump’s first year back in office was far weaker than previously estimated, with the economy adding hundreds of thousands fewer jobs in 2025 than originally projected. Instead of 584,000 jobs, or 49,000 jobs per month on average, the economy added just 181,000 jobs last year, for an average of 15,000 jobs per month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’s latest jobs report released Wednesday. Even under...