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2025 was a dismal year for jobs

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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on February 11. | Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. The latest US jobs report came out yesterday, and it paints a mixed picture. In the Vox employee Slack, senior editor Benjy Sarlin explained it to us as a bit of a “both/and” situation: The very latest numbers, for last month, came in higher than economists expected — and job growth over the past year was dismal. Those s...