U.S. economy created fewer new jobs in 2025-2026, it turns out. Just how bad was it?
The economy created slightly fewer jobs from the spring of 2025 to the spring of 2026 than originally reported, new government figures show, leaving intact an image of a sluggish labor market in which hiring was unusually slow.
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