Jobs report updates: What to expect after last month's surprisingly robust job surge

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It's jobs Friday, and we're about to learn if the labor market's "deep freeze" continued to thaw in February.

Economists expect the US added 55,000 jobs and the unemployment rate held steady at a fairly low 4.3%. Last month's report showed a surprisingly strong job gain in January, but revisions to last year's data meant 2025 as a whole saw the weakest growth outside a recession in over 20 years.

We'll be watching to see if the job market keeps heating up, or if January's strength was just a blip.