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>The U.S. economy lost 92,000 jobs in February, stoking labor market worries
>The economy has remained a mixed bag, in part because of a government shutdown and a lack of clarity over the Trump administration's tariff agenda.

>March 6, 2026, 4:00 AM CST / Updated March 6, 2026, 7:50 AM CST

>The U.S. shed 92,000 jobs in February and previous months of job growth were not as strong as previously reported, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced Friday in a report that will raise alarms about the state of the economy.

>The unemployment rate ticked up slightly to 4.4%, little changed from January’s report. Economists had expected the economy to add 50,000 jobs and the unemployment report to remain at 4.3%.

>Friday's report revised down January's previously stellar payrolls figure from 130,000 to 126,000. The agency also cut December’s figure from 50,000 jobs added to a contraction of 17,000.

>With those revisions, 2025 was the first year to record five months of labor market contractions since 2010, as the economy was recovering from the global financial crisis.

>"Well, that was ugly," wrote Mark Hamrick, senior economic analyst at the financial publishign company Bankrate, wrote in a note after Friday's data release.

>Hamrick noted that in addition to the job contraction and revisions, the labor force participation rate also fell.

>"Downward revisions for the previous two months of December and January add further insult to injury, paring a total of 69,000 jobs," he wrote. "Labor force participation, gauging those working and looking for work fell to 62%, a worrying sign that some workers were discouraged amid the softening seen over the past year."

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/2026-labor-market-set-begin-taking-shape-february-jobs-report-rcna261994