The US economy kicked off 2025 by adding 143,000 jobs in January, fewer than expected; but the unemployment rate dipped to 4%, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Job creation was weaker than expected for the first month of 2025, even as unemployment edged down. Nonfarm payrolls climbed 143,000 in January, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released on Friday,

After spending most of the week below $100,000, Bitcoin rebounded on Friday following mixed economic data in January’s XRP and Solana also popped in the wake of the report, up 6% and 3% in the last 24 hours,

U.S. job growth likely slowed in January, partly restrained by wild fires in California and cold weather across much of the country.

The first jobs report since President Donald Trump’s inauguration came out Friday morning, falling short of headline expectations in the weakest start to a year for overall job growth since before the COVID-19 pandemic,