Jobless claims rise slightly, but no sign of trouble brewing in labor market
The number of people who applied for unemployment benefits in early February rose slightly, but they remained at very low ...
Why the labor market could be the only hope for another Fed rate cut
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell appears confident in the US labor market. But that means any signs of a slowdown could ...
Dallas Fed's Logan signals rate cuts require US labor market cooling
Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Lorie Logan on Thursday signaled she was ready to keep interest rates on hold for ...
Jobs Report Will Offer a First Look at the 2025 Labor Market
Economists forecast a steady pace of hiring, slightly dampened by fires and cold snaps and clouded by annual data adjustments.
Wildfires, snow and holiday shopping. Here’s what likely influenced Friday’s jobs numbers
Trump, via the Elon Musk-spearheaded Department of Government Efficiency, is in the process of gutting some federal agencies. It remains to be seen how deep the job cuts will go, but those offered ...
US job market likely began the year strong, but faces cloudier future
The U.S. labor market probably started 2025 the way it spent most of last year: Generating decent, but unspectacular, job ...
Why Friday's jobs report could cause widespread confusion
Annual data revisions could show slower job growth in 2024 than we previously thought.
Moderate US job growth expected in noisy January employment report
U.S. job growth likely slowed in January, partly restrained by wild fires in California and cold weather across much of the ...
Analysis-BOJ's fresh take on labour crunch opens door for more rate hikes
The Bank of Japan is increasingly blaming chronic labour shortages, not stagnant demand, as the main reason for its weak ...
The job market is flashing signs that layoffs could accelerate this year
Business filings of mass layoff plans have been elevated in recent months. The unemployment rate is historically low, but ...