A trend that started in the technology sector is spreading to other industries, with businesses cutting workers even as their ...

Senior Celeste Lynch thought she could get a job in Washington, D.C. after graduation. When nearly her entire professional ...

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

Estimates from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago indicate that the unemployment rate in the United States likely rose in ...

The US dollar broadly weakened on Friday after a softer-than-expected jobs report stoked concerns about a labor market slowdown. The dollar index, which measures the dollar’s strength against six ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Tulane University professor Gary Hoover about the Black unemployment rate, which has hit a record low, yet still remains much higher than the white unemployment rate.

Economists warn that rising Black unemployment numbers are a dark omen. One month after Donald Trump took the extraordinary step of firing Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor ...

Americans filing for unemployment insurance on an ongoing basis reached the highest level since November 2021 at the end of July. In the week ending July 26, 1.974 million continuing claims were filed ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment checks dropped last week to the lowest level since March, suggesting that suggest most U.S. workers continue to enjoy unusually high ...

The number of Americans applying for jobless aid reached a four-month low last week, a sign employers are holding on to their workers despite the Federal Reserve's efforts to slow job growth. U.S.

U.S. employers added 223,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate fell to just 3.5%, matching the lowest level in half a century. The overall job market remains tight. We are in a Goldilocks ...