L ately economists have been vigorously debating the health of America’s labour market. Some argue that the jobs market is ...

President Donald Trump has also reversed the Biden-era trend of relying on government hiring to boost jobs numbers, which ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell discusses labor market outlook after the third interest rate cut this year, citing ...

U.S. consumer sentiment has plummeted to its lowest level on record as the affordability crisis continues to weigh on wallets ...

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer defends the rising unemployment rate of 4.6% as a positive sign that more Americans are ...

The third possibility is the most intriguing: Both data sets are broadly correct. G.D.P. really is booming — but it is being ...

The September jobs report, released Nov. 20 after a delay during the federal government shutdown, showed a 2.8% unemployment ...

Fed officials explained their opposition to the central bank’s decision this week to cut interest rates by a quarter of a ...

For the first half of 2025, the labor market was, in the words of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, a “low hire, low fire” environment, with minimal job cut announcements preventing sluggish ...

The latest jobs report had its share of shutdown-related quirks, but a familiar theme cut through the noise: The US labor market is stuck in a rut.

U.S. job growth likely rebounded in November following an anticipated decline in nonfarm payrolls in October because of ...

The increase in consumer spending was the fastest in nearly a year as households splurged on recreational goods and vehicles ...