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Job growth stalls: US economy added just 22,000 jobs in August and unemployment rose to highest level since 2021

Job growth slowed to a crawl in August, and the unemployment rate rose to its highest level in nearly four years, indicating the US labor market is growing stagnant. The economy added just 22,000 jobs ... Read More

Recession seems far off - that's the good news. Yet the economy is also far from trouble-free.

Customers shop at the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue in New York to buy the latest versions of the company's popular phones and other items. Enough trouble spots emerged in the U.S. economy to coax the ... Read More

America saw ‘essentially no job growth’ last month, warns Moody’s, and any roles added were in three wealthy states

Moody’s warns U.S. job growth has stalled as the shutdown halts official labor data, forcing Wall Street and the Fed to rely on patchy private reports. Read More

The Economy Just Lost Nearly A Million Jobs, On Paper

The Bureau of Labor Statistics downwardly revised its estimate for job growth between March 2024 and March 2025 by 911,000. The revision cancels out about half of the job growth during that time, ... Read More

Employers added 22,000 jobs in August, falling short of forecasts, as labor market cools

Employers across the U.S. added 22,000 jobs in August, falling short of economists' muted expectations and signaling the labor market is facing sharp headwinds from mounting economic uncertainty amid ... Read More

The jobs reports were revised down by 911,000. What does it say about the economy?

U.S. employers added nearly a million fewer workers than previously believed, according to a Labor Department report out Sept. 9. Read More

DoubleLine takes multi-pronged approach to US economy as official jobs data under scrutiny

NEW YORK, Sept 24 (Reuters) - U.S. bond firm DoubleLine said on Wednesday it is using a variety of official and private data sources to assess the health of the U.S. economy, as it is worried about a ... Read More

U.S. economy added 943,000 jobs in July, unemployment rate falls to 5.4%

WASHINGTON — Hiring surged in July as American employers added 943,000 jobs. Despite an uptick in COVID-19 cases due to the spread of the delta variant, the unemployment rate dropped to 5.4% as the ... Read More

Recession seems far off — that’s the good news. Yet the economy is also far from trouble-free.

Enough trouble spots emerged in the U.S. economy to coax the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates last week — but it turns out the news isn’t all that bad. A bevy of recent reports also show ... Read More