Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 10,000 to a seasonally ‍adjusted 214,000 for the week ​ended December 20, the Labor Department said on Wednesday. Economists polled by Reuters ...

Discover how the U-6 Unemployment Rate provides a comprehensive look at joblessness, including underemployment, marginal attachment, and discouraged workers. Understand its economic significance.

The highly anticipated November inflation report showed prices appearing to grow at a far slower rate, surprising analysts and markets after a year of stubbornly rising costs. The consumer price ...

Hiring has clearly lost momentum, hobbled by uncertainty over President Donald Trump's tariffs and the lingering effects of ...

Today's employment report gives them a long-awaited look at two months of payroll data and provides a checkup on an already fragile labor market. Fears of artificial intelligence, lingering inflation ...

The U.S. added 64,000 jobs in November as the unemployment rate rose to 4.6 percent, according to delayed data released ...

The 4.6% unemployment rate is the highest since 2021. Many of the October job losses came as federal workers left after Trump ...

The employment and CPI reports are crucial for Federal Reserve officials making ​decisions on monetary policy as ⁠well as for investors, businesses and ordinary Americans trying to gauge the economy's ...

Fed officials explained their opposition to the central bank’s decision this week to cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point. By Colby Smith Colby Smith cover the Federal Reserve.

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points, bringing the federal funds rate to its lowest level in more than three years. The reduction lowers the ...