Jobs News February Jobs And Inflation Reports Are Labor Markets Stabilizing

Government will release September jobs report next week, ending data drought from federal shutdown

The Labor Department will release its numbers on September hiring and unemployment next Thursday, a month and a half late, marking the beginning of the end of a data drought caused by the 43-day feder ... Read More

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

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the government shutdown made it hard to gather the necessary data to compile key reports. Read More

Fed's Powell points to persistent labor market weakness as government shutdown delays official reports

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday said that the economy continues to see a softening of the labor market despite the government shutdown delaying the release of official jobs and ... Read More

Feds to bring back furloughed employees for inflation report — despite gov’t shutdown

The Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday it will release its monthly inflation report despite the government shutdown — bringing back furloughed employees for the task. The agency is set to publish ... Read More

Jobs report and inflation data due in October may not be released at all, White House says

The White House says the federal jobs report and the CPI inflation data due for release in October may not be released at all. 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

Shutdown Blurs Jobs Data—But These Reports Back Other Fed Cuts

With the U.S. government shutdown still clouding official labor statistics, alternative data from private firms and banks is sending a clear message: the labor market is cooling, and markets are ... Read More