When it comes to the economy of a country, not everything is cut and dry, especially when it comes to economic indicators and what they may imply.
That is since every number does not encompass the full story, and that may indicate the health of the economy is worlds apart from either being positive or negative. That is the case with the US economy. For example, 2025 was hell for job hunters. This has contributed to why 2025 was just a bad year. 2025 was by many measures the worst year to be looking for a job since former US President Barack Obama was still in the Oval Office.
Amid an atmosphere of economic uncertainty, hiring ground to its slowest pace in over a decade. Nobody's hiring. US employment growth has been weak at best for most of this year and possibly nonexistent, if you believe the Federal Reserve. Even if you set aside the federal workforce, which now has a smoking crater in it, the US has added just 50,000 new jobs per month since May.