Jobs News Are Labor Markets Stabilizing Jobs And Inflation Reports Offer Clues

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

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

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

Hints Of A Weak Jobs Market Ahead Of Thursday's Payrolls Report

Despite signs of a soft labor market, market expectations have turned cautious on the outlook for another rate cut by the Federal Reserve at next month’s policy meeting. Read more here. 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

US Inflation-Adjusted Earnings Growth Stalls as Job Market Cools

US inflation-adjusted wages stagnated for second-straight month, indicating a cooling labor market and continued price increases are limiting consumers’ spending power. 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

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

For most of 2025, the job market was described by economists as "no hire, no fire" — a stretch of time when job seekers faced slim prospects, but workers could count on job security. But that fragile ... 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

Fed Has Green Light To Cut Rates After Soft Inflation, Economists Say

A wide range of economists say the Federal Reserve now has the green light to cut interest rates, following a cooler-than-expected inflation report that suggests price pressures are easing — and that ... 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.

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