What the latest jobs report means for you … buckle up

After years of plentiful employment opportunities, healthy pay bumps and pandemic savings-fueled spending sprees, American workers now face a sobering economic reality: It’s getting harder and harder ... Read More

August Job Report Triggers Recession Warning

The August jobs report confirms a significant labor market slowdown, with only 22,000 jobs created and unemployment rising. Read more on what the report means for markets. Read More

Jobs Report Just Delivered Back-To-Back Fed Rate Cuts; S&P 500 Futures Rise (Live Coverage)

The jobs report bolstered the case for multiple Federal Reserve rate cuts with just 22,000 jobs added in August. S&P 500 futures rose. Read More

Job Growth Sputters: Rate Cuts And Recession Incoming?

Worse-than-expected job growth should prompt a Fed rate cut. The market implications of the jobs report and recession probabilities are analyzed. Read More

The jobs slowdown actually means the recession’s over, not starting, argues Morgan Stanley

Friday’s weak jobs data provided further proof that the U.S. is transitioning to an early-stage recovery, says Morgan Stanley strategists. Read More

Economy adds disappointing 22,000 jobs in August, jobs report shows. Unemployment rises

U.S. hiring slowed further in August as President Donald Trump’s aggressive trade, immigration and federal layoff policies took a widening toll on a rapidly softening labor market. Employers added a ... Read More

America just got another slate of lousy job market news

Warning signs have been flashing for months that the US job market has been losing steam. That became starkly clearer in July, and the early data for August isn’t looking much better. Read More

New jobs report shows worst August job gains since 2010

Union workers in Rhode Island protest a Trump administration stop-work order at an offshore wind farm under construction in August. Friday's jobs report shows the fewest gains in August since 2010. Read More

First Jobs Report Since Labor Statistics Chief’s Firing Shows Weak Market, as Trump Pledges ‘Real Numbers’ Still to Come

The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) first jobs report since President Donald Trump fired the head of the agency showed the U.S. labor market growing more slowly than economists expected, and ... Read More