The pace of job growth cooled through mid-2025, while the unemployment rate rose relatively little. This seeming puzzle is explained by an even stepdown of labor supply and demand, meaning slowing ...

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Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer insisted the job market is strengthening despite new signs of economic softness, even as unemployment rose to its highest level since 2021. Chavez-DeRemer argued ...

The unemployment rate rose more than expected in November and previous jobs figures were revised downward as the first full report after months of a data fog revealed a weakening labor market. In ...

The US economy added 64,000 jobs in November and lost 105,000 jobs in October, while the November unemployment rate rose to 4.6%. The data represents ongoing weakening in the labor market. Further ...

Fed officials explained their opposition to the central bank’s decision this week to cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point. By Colby Smith Colby Smith cover the Federal Reserve.

In the Federal Reserve's battle between fighting inflation and unemployment, the latter side carried the day Wednesday and could also have an edge heading into 2026. At his Wednesday news conference, ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - U.S. labor costs increased slightly less than expected in the third quarter as a softening labor market curbed wage growth, which bodes well for the inflation outlook.

1705 GMT – Gold prices extend gains after weaker U.S. private payrolls data reinforced expectations of a December interest-rate cut by the Federal Reserve. Futures in New York rise 0.8% to $4,254.10 a ...