U.S. payrolls rose by 130,000 in January, more than expected; unemployment rate at 4.3%
CNBC Television·2026-02-11 15:30

Hi, good morning, Kelly. Yes, it's job job jobs Wednesday. Not necessarily a Friday, but every bit as important.Non-farm payrolls for January coming in twice expectations at 130,000. 130K. That would be the juiciest going back to April of last year when it was 158.Now, if we look at a couple of months worth of revision, they came in at minus7,000. Now let's look for average hourly earnings month overmonth up 4/10en that's onetenth higher than both looking back and looking forward 4/10 would equal October la ...