Second, the Fed is looking for signs of weakness in the labor market. Though the Fed doesn't want unemployment levels to dive to recession levels, a "healthy" labor market tells the central bank that ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Over the last few weeks, there's been massive disruption in the labor market with Donald Trump's administration moving to freeze federal aid and lay off tens of thousands of federal workers.

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 ...

The U.S. labor market remains healthy and the Federal Reserve can take a gradual and patient approach to future rate cuts, Boston Fed President Susan Collins said Thursday. “My concerns about ...

Claims data tend to be volatile at the start of the year, but have continued to signal low layoffs that are underpinning the labor market and broader economy. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 256,000 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In its statement, the Fed said the unemployment rate had stabilized "at a low level," and the labor market was still solid ... "By design, Powell provided little in the way of new information at this ...

The ECI is viewed by policymakers as one of the better measures of labor market slack and a predictor of core inflation because it adjusts for composition and job-quality changes. Government data ...