The BLS data is in for 2025, and it’s a real page-turner. We’re seeing a minuscule   15,000 jobs created per month in 2025 . To put that in perspective, the last time growth was this anemic was 2020. You remember 2020—the year we all stayed home and learned that sourdough starter is a needy roommate. Usually, these numbers mean we’re neck-deep in a recession. But we are NOT in a recession right now. So, how do we explain this economic purgatory?   The Math of the Empty Field