Economy News Jobs Report Is The Red Hot U S Economy Finally Chilling Out, For Real This Time

US economy saw stronger-than-expected job growth in September, but the unemployment rate rose

The Labor Department is finally releasing the jobs report for September, which was delayed for weeks due to the government shutdown. It is expected to show the economy added around 50,000 jobs that ... Read More

Charting the Global Economy: US Jobs Growth Tops Forecasts

US employment growth exceeded forecasts while the jobless rate ticked higher in September, illustrating a tenuous labor market that is unnerving American consumers. Read More

Five Points on the Gradually-Emerging Picture of the Post Shutdown U.S. Economy

“What you’re seeing in the real economy is something that is not necessarily tipped into recession, but could be very close depending on these last two months of data,” Alex Jacquez, chief of policy ... Read More

No jobs report again. But these numbers show how the U.S. economy is doing.

Investors are set to miss out on the second U.S. jobs report in a row due to the government shutdown, but there’s enough scattered evidence to suggest the economy is hanging in there. With the ... Read More

Economy added 119,000 jobs and unemployment ticked up in September, delayed report shows

The report reflects what was happening before the federal government shutdown began. The labor market may have changed since the data was collected. Read More

Jobs Report Shows Resilient Economy — and Signs of Weakness

U.S. employers added 119,000 jobs in September, a sharp rebound from the loss of 4,000 jobs in August recorded in revised data. Delayed by about seven weeks due to the government shutdown, the results ... Read More

The US economy added 119,000 jobs in September, but unemployment rose to a nearly four-year high

One of the most hotly anticipated economic reports is finally set to be released Thursday: the long-delayed jobs report for September, originally due on October 3. Read More

What does the jobs report really tell us? The economy has trouble spots, but it's still growing.

The bigger-than-expected increase in new jobs in September signals that the economy was still expanding at a decent clip before the government shutdown. But too much is being made of it, some ... Read More

The government shutdown could cost the U.S. economy up to $14 billion, new report says

The National Gallery of Art in Washington is closed during the U.S. government shutdown. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images) The U.S. economy could lose between $7 billion and $14 billion as a ... Read More