We propose that the natural rate of unemployment may have an active role in the business cycle, in contrast to a widespread view that the rate is fairly smooth and at most only weakly cyclical. We ...

Discover why very low unemployment might harm the economy, leading to inflation and productivity issues. Learn the economic implications of a low jobless rate.

Employment growth has consistently come in above pre-pandemic estimates of the rate needed for unemployment to stay near its long-run natural rate. Even so, unemployment has held steady, which raises ...

U.S. job growth likely slowed further in August as financial assistance from the government ran out, threatening the economy's recovery from the COVID-19 recession.

A possible TikTok ban, a shortage of affordable housing, rising temperatures, artificial intelligence — there’s a lot keeping Generation Z (those born between 1997 and 2012) up at night. And according ...

Chicago Fed estimates unemployment rate steady at 4.3% in September Planned layoffs drop 37% in September, hiring slow according to Challenger Intuit sees small business hiring down in Q3 Government ...

The first jobs report of President Donald Trump's second term Friday showed a troubling rise in the unemployment rate for all veterans from 2.8% in December to 4.2% in January, even as the jobless ...

Recent college graduates are having a harder time finding work, despite their higher education degrees, which usually give job-seekers a leg up in the labor market. That's according to a new report ...

Detroit's unemployment rate declined by 0.6 percentage points and the number of Detroit residents employed increased by 1,400 from last December to this May, a University of Michigan economic ...