Jobs News Fed Chair Powell Just Said The Labor Market Is Getting Vulnerable Friday’s Jobs Report Could Prove Why

ADP says U.S. economy lost jobs for third time in four months. Fed to weigh weak labor market in rate-cut vote.

Privately run businesses eliminated jobs in November for the third time in four months, pointing to a broad slowdown in hiring that threatens to nudge unemployment higher and chip away at the economy. Read More

For Wall Street, pandemic-level bad news for jobs is good news for stocks—it pushes the Fed further into cutting territory

Wall Street is hoping for a Christmas miracle with a final interest rate cut from the Fed, bringing the base rate down to 3.5% to 3.75%, and recent jobs reports may just have sealed the deal.Investors ... 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

Fed cuts interest rates for second time this year amid labor market weakness

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced its second interest rate cut of this year as policymakers moved to support the labor market despite inflation remaining above the central bank's target. Fed ... Read More

Weakening job market weighs on Fed's next vote on interest rates

Video Quality Speed 00:00 02:24 Weakening job market weighs on Fed's next vote on interest rates U.S.-based employers made 71,321 layoffs in November, a 24% increase from the same month last year, but ... Read More

Softer jobs and cooler inflation set the stage for a December Fed cut

The Federal Reserve is heading into December with a weaker labor market and cooler inflation, a combination that has rapidly shifted expectations toward another rate cut. Investors, businesses, and ... 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

'Stale' September Jobs Data Is Mixed News for a Divided Fed

(Reuters) -The U.S. economy added more jobs than expected in September, but a rise in the unemployment rate and downward revisions to prior months still presented an ambiguous picture for Federal ... Read More

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

The United States added 119,000 jobs in September, a stronger-than-expected figure and a sign that the economy was adding jobs at a healthy clip before government shutdown. But the details of the ... Read More