In his most recent press conference, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell characterized the labor market as "broadly stable." And in this week's lead-up to the January jobs report, the incoming ...

The Labor Department has released its first jobs report of the year, covering January 2025. It shows that payrolls grew by 143,000 — somewhat lower than economists’ expectations of 175,000.

But some on Wall Street think the labor market, not inflation, is the place to look for better clues on what could push the Fed to cut rates later this year. Just look at what happened in ...

Bitcoin’s momentum hinges on a critical labor market report from the United States, which may influence crypto investor sentiment leading into March. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics is set to ...

Employers around the U.S. added 143,000 jobs in January, as the labor market showed signs of cooling at the start of 2025. Hiring was weaker than expected by economists, who had forecast that the ...

Responding to its flash UK composite purchasing managers’ index last week, Chris Williamson, chief business economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence, said: “The first indicators of business ...

a picture "consistent with a healthy labor market that is neither weakening nor showing signs of overheating," Federal Reserve Governor Adriana Kugler said in Miami, Florida. At the same time ...

This paints a mixed picture of the labour market, with conditions cooling but the challenges associated with activating the finite labour supply persisting. The UK employment rate (for people aged 16 ...

Judging by the 4.1% unemployment rate, the US labor market would appear to be thriving. Most any economist would say this is about as good as it gets, implying the economy is at or near or near ...

The number of jobs added came in below expectations, but the unemployment rate fell and earnings rose by more than expected in a sign of ongoing labour market strength January’s payrolls report ...

in the latest sign of how automation and the increasing use of artificial intelligence are having a negative impact on the tech labor market. The number of unemployed IT workers rose from ...