It’s possible the government may revise January’s data after finding out through further research that jobs actually rose in that month. Several months ago, the Labor Department reported a net jobs loss for August, only to revise it up a month later.

January data

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More from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics:

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• Mass layoffs

• Employment projections

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• Employment by occupation
  

• Longitudinal studies

• State and county employment

• Time use
  

• Business employment dynamics

• Employment research