Jobs News The Latest On Markets, The Jobs Report And The Economy

Jobs report shocks markets; will the Fed hike again?

A recent jobs report released on August 1, 2025, has sent shockwaves through the financial markets, revealing unexpectedly weak hiring and a rise in unemployment that contradicts earlier economic ... Read More

Is the U.S. jobs market tanking? Here’s what the latest clues say.

The U.S. jobs market doesn’t appear to be crumbling — but it’s not getting any better, and probably won’t anytime soon. Read More

Job market wobbles with higher layoffs and cooler hiring

Layoffs hit a two-decade high last month to levels that are typically seen during recessions in a warning sign for the labor market. Read More

'No hire' job market leaves unemployed in limbo as threats to economy multiply

The unemployment rate is low and the economy is still growing, but those out of work face the slowest pace of hiring in more than a decade ... Read More

ADP releases snapshot of US jobs market as government reports remain paused

Private-sector employment jumped by 42,000 in October, according to data released by ADP that provides a snapshot of the overall jobs market. The ADP data, pulled from its customers’ payrolls, ... Read More

With government jobs report delayed, what other data reveals about the economy

The labor market may not be cratering, but it does not look very strong. This week, a private report found 42,000 new jobs were created last month. Then, a separate report found more than 150,000 jobs ... Read More

Is the job market getting worse? As the shutdown continues, this is what we know

While the government shutdown has delayed a key jobs report, there are signs and signals in the market that can tell us a lot. Read More

October monthly job cuts surged to a 22-year high

Nearly 1.1 million job cuts have been announced so far this year, the most since 2020, according to the research firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Read More

"No hire, no fire" job market may no longer be a thing as big companies announce mass layoffs

Amazon and UPS on Tuesday announced tens of thousands of job cuts, the latest signal that the U.S. labor market is downshifting. Read More

With no October jobs report, signs point to cooling economy

Private reports can be volatile and often differ substantially from the gold-standard report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Read More

Job market trends

Why now: Policymakers typically look to monthly surveys from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the broadest and most accurate snapshot of the job market. But BLS number-crunchers have been furloughed ... Read More

The job market may be sinking. Why you should beware of buyouts.

Employers often leverage buyouts to avoid layoffs in a shaky economy ... only 22,000 jobs in August, according to the latest federal report. Unemployment ticked up to 4.3%, its highest level since ... Read More