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

ADP says U.S. economy lost jobs for third time in four months. Fed to weigh weak labor market in rate-cut vote.

Privately run businesses eliminated jobs in November for the third time in four months, pointing to a broad slowdown in hiring that threatens to nudge unemployment higher and chip away at the economy. Read More

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

U.S. economy is still growing, ISM says, but ’tariff uncertainty’ depresses sales and hiring

The large services side of the economy grew in November for the sixth month in a row and inflationary pressures eased, but businesses were taking a cautious approach to hiring and investing due to ... Read More

The U.S. Economy Is Growing, but Faces Much Uncertainty

A quarterly review finds that the U.S. economy’s increasingly K-shaped nature is making American consumption patterns uneven and unpredictable. Despite continued growth, this and several other data ... Read More

October jobs report canceled and November release delayed, BLS says

The government's October jobs report, which was delayed by the federal shutdown, will not be published, removing a crucial data point at a time when a stagnant labor market and sticky inflation have ... 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

Is the U.S. economy getting weaker? Here's what we know.

Worries about the economy might be starting to affect consumers' spending decisions. If the U.S. economy was really flying high, the Federal Reserve wouldn't have lowered interest rates last month. So ... Read More

Big bank CEOs see an economy that's 'resilient' in the face of uncertainty

“Resilient” is the word of the moment on Wall Street. JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Wells Fargo all reported their quarterly earnings Tuesday, and their CEOs all landed independently on the word ... 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

Will tariffs slow the U.S. economy in 2026?

The U.S. economy has largely weathered historically high tariffs so far this year, but a new study says tariffs will hit Americans in 2026. The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and ... Read More