US jobs report beats forecasts with 130,000 increase in January – as it happened
Feb 11, 2026
Wall Street futures extend gains after the data; unemployment rate dips to 4.3%The oil cartel Opec has stuck to its forecast that world oil demand for crude from the wider Opec-plus producer group, including Russia, will drop by 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) in the second quarter, from the first thr
ee months of the year.Global demand for OPEC+ crude will average 42.2m bpd in the second quarter, OPEC said in its monthly report report, down from 42.60 million bpd in the first quarter. Both forecasts were unchanged from last month’s report. Continue reading... ...read more read less