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Hello from CNN. I'm Joe Beck, with the five things you need to know for Friday, February 7th.

143,000 jobs were added in January, and the unemployment rate edged down to 4%.

That's less than economists had been predicting, with more jobs added in health care, retail trade,

and social assistance, but less in the mining, quarrying, and oil

and gas industries.

It's the first employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of 2025, and since President

Donald Trump took office.

As CNN's Vanessa Yakevich explains, it will likely have been impacted by factors like

wildfires, snow, and holiday

shopping.

January is interesting and a little bit tricky because companies usually go through seasonal

layoffs after the holidays.

And this January, you had two administrations in the White House.

But we do know that many of Trump's policies were forecasted in advance, issues around immigration and tariffs,

which could change hiring levels.

U.S. aid workers are hoping for an 11th hour court ruling to stop thousands of employees

being put on administrative leave by the end of today.

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