For the second month in a row, a government report on employment and unemployment has been delayed by the federal shutdown.

The stock market is booming despite some worrying signals on jobs and new reports showing consumer prices rising. But investors are betting the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates next week. New ...

The federal government shutdown canceled a second straight jobs report, but private data sources suggest the labor market has ...

The market is overvalued and overbought, with economic data signaling a looming recession and not just a temporary slowdown. Weak jobs reports and deteriorating economic indicators suggest the Fed may ...

For most of 2025, the job market was described by economists as "no hire, no fire" — a stretch of time when job seekers faced slim prospects, but workers could count on job security. But that fragile ...

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The U.S. jobs market has been rattled recently by rising unemployment. In early 2024, it stood at around 3.9%, and since then, it has risen fairly steadily to a 4.3% level today. Data by YCharts While ...

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A tranche of economic data released this week has exacerbated fears about the health of the U.S jobs market and the broader economy it underpins. Until recently, the labor market had been considered ...

Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter who has covered the pandemic-era economy in hundreds of stories over the past two years. He's written hundreds of stories breaking down ...

If you’re struggling to sort the AI hype from reality, you’re not alone. The seemingly breakneck pace of AI development makes it tough to sort headlines from fantasy, with a constant flood of new ...