Data Insight: April's jobs report was biggest disappointment in at least 2 years

Government data released on Friday showed that the U.S. economy added a disappointing 175K jobs in April. This was 68K below the consensus estimate of economists, who had predicted a payroll expansion ... Read More

April jobs report misses expectations, signaling a possible slowdown

A worse-than-expected jobs report on Friday offered the latest evidence of an economic slowdown that could help ease inflation and trigger interest rate cuts. The trend, however, threatens to ... Read More

Jobs Report Today: Hiring Slows Down More Than Expected

The U.S. added 175,000 jobs in April ... report, with significantly slower growth in both payrolls and wages, was the first significant downside surprise in more than two years. The latest data ... Read More

Jobs Report: Hiring Set to Slow Down in April

The jobs report is ... remained at 3.8% in April and wage growth chugged along at a steady 0.3% monthly pace. Compared to a year ago, economists anticipate that Friday’s data will show wage ... Read More

Why Americans' confidence in finding a new job is tanking even as the labor market is humming along

Americans are the most pessimistic they've been in years about their chances of finding a new job if they lost their current one, a survey suggests. Read More

April Jobs Report Released With “Mixed Bag” Of Numbers For Missouri

It’s another mixed bag of numbers for the April-2024 Jobs Report released by the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center. The report shows that nonfarm payroll employment increased by ... Read More

April jobs report shows hiring, wage growth slow as unemployment unexpectedly jumps

The US economy added 175,000 new jobs ... 2% over last month and 3.9% over the last year. Economists had expected to see a monthly jump of 0.3% in April and a 4% rise over last year. Friday's ... Read More

Texas has added 306,000 jobs since last April, new estimates show

April marks the state’s 37th consecutive month of positive annual job growth, according to new estimates from the Texas Workforce Commission. Read More

April jobs report breakdown: Which industries hired the most workers last month?

Employers added 175,000 jobs in April, the Labor Department said in its monthly payroll report ... top business stories of the week, plus CEO interviews, market updates, tech and money news ... Read More

April jobs report misses expectations, signaling a possible slowdown

Economists who spoke to ABC News characterized the fresh data as ... of a weak jobs market. "The April jobs report feels really good," Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, said ... Read More