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Jobs Report Surprises With 119K Gain, Shows Labor Market Stronger Than Thought

Among industry sectors, health care added 43,000 jobs, in line with recent monthly gains. Employment in restaurants and bars increased by 37,000, while transportation and warehousing fell by 25,000, ... Read More

Fed's Daly says vulnerable job market justifies Dec. rate cut - report

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly is calling for a December interest-rate cut on the view that a steeper slowdown in the labor market is both more likely and harder to manage ... Read More

The U.S. added a robust 119,000 jobs in September, but there are still signs of a weakening labor market

The closely followed report was originally scheduled for release on Oct. 3, but it was shelved by the government shutdown. Read More

White House Says October Jobs, Inflation Reports Unlikely to Be Released

Two major government reports on inflation and the labor market for October are “likely never” to be released, the White House press secretary said Wednesday. The six-week government shutdown largely ... Read More

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

The U.S. jobs market might not appear to be crumbling, but it’s not getting any better — and it probably won’t anytime soon. Worries about the labor market flared up again this week after a new report ... Read More

U.S. employers added surprisingly solid 119,000 jobs in September, government says in delayed report

During the 43-day U.S. government shutdown, investors, businesses, policymakers and the Federal Reserve groped in the dark for clues about the health of the American job market ... Read More

The Fed cuts interest rates again as concerns grow about the job market

The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point Wednesday, as policymakers work to shore up the softening job market. It was the Fed's second rate cut in six weeks, ... Read More

Absent the jobs report, let's look at other labor market indicators

Today is Thursday, Oct. 30, when the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ weekly report on jobless claims nationwide usually comes out. But with the government shutdown, it remains absent. It’s been about a ... Read More

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

The impasse in Congress over funding has delayed a closely-watched report on the labor market for the second month in a row. Without that official jobs tally, the available signals are mixed. This ... Read More

Here's when to expect shutdown-delayed jobs and inflation reports once the government reopens

The longest government shutdown in history appears to be coming to an end, but the problems don't end there. The apparently imminent end of the federal government shutdown means Wall Street could soon ... Read More

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

A corrections-officer recruiter speaks with attendees during a job fair in New York City. Finding a job has gotten harder these days. The U.S. jobs market might not appear to be crumbling, but it's ... Read More

White House Says October Jobs, Inflation Reports Unlikely to Be Released

The Fed cut rates for the second time this year, although Chair Jerome Powell said a third cut is “not a foregone conclusion.” In October, WSJ’s Nick Timiraos explained the central bank’s split ... Read More