Economy News Small Businesses Are Cutting Jobs It S A Warning Sign For The Us Economy

US economy flashes warning signs in new data, some analysts say

The jobs report on Tuesday "paints a sobering picture of a job market that may officially be turning frigid after a prolonged cooling period," Laura Ullrich, director of economic research in North ... Read More

Why so many Americans dislike this fast-growing economy

Data this week showed that the American economy is growing at its fastest pace in two years — and yet polling shows the mood on Main Street is grim. Read More

U.S. Unemployment Rate Rises, a Warning Sign for the Economy

Employers added 64,000 jobs in November, according to data delayed by the government shutdown. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.6 percent, the highest level in four years. Read More

US labour market stumbles in November: Small businesses lead sharp job losses, raising red flags for economy

The November jobs report was meant to provide clarity. Instead, it delivered a jolt. What economists expected to be a month of modest expansion, 40,000 new private-sector jobs, turned sharply negative ... Read More

Private Employers Cut Jobs in November, the Latest Sign of a Slowdown

Data from ADP, a payroll processor, is getting added attention because of delays in official statistics caused by the government shutdown. By Ben Casselman When the flow of official data ran dry ... Read More

Private employers cut 32,000 jobs, the worst since 2023

The latest private payroll figures show a sharp reversal in hiring, with companies cutting 32,000 jobs in November, the steepest pullback in the sector since 2023. The drop, driven heavily by small ... Read More

Small businesses cut 120,000 jobs last month, the latest sign of an unsteady labor market

Private employers in the United States shed 32,000 jobs in November, payroll processor ADP said Wednesday. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been expecting to see an increase of 40,000. ADP chief ... Read More

Top Economist Warns September Jobs Report Is Warning To 'Cut Back On The Economic Junk Food'

Following the release of the Bureau of Labor Statistics data, Wolfers, a Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the University of Michigan, characterized the report as a classic case of mixed ... Read More

Economic warning sign: Holiday jobs are tougher to find

Store workers may not be quite as helpful this holiday shopping season. That’s a potentially worrying sign for the economy. Retailers typically load up on temporary staff in the final months of the ... Read More

Fed governor says current economy is 'calling for large interest rate cuts' to help job market

Federal Reserve governor Stephen Miran said the U.S. economy is "calling for large interest rate cuts" and warned that current monetary policy is "holding the economy back" by keeping borrowing costs ... Read More