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US economic activity little changed ahead of next Fed meeting, report shows

U.S. economic activity was little changed in recent weeks, though employment was weaker in about half of the Federal Reserve's 12 districts and consumer spending declined, the U.S. central bank said ... Read More

Fed’s Beige Book Finds Softening Job Market

The Fed’s latest Beige Book points to weaker hiring, softer consumer spending, and moderate price pressures as policymakers weigh a potential year-end rate cut. Read More

'Stale' September jobs data is mixed news for a divided Fed

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 Reserve ... Read More

The Delayed September Jobs Report Is Out. Here's What It Means for the Fed

The September jobs report, delayed from its initial October 3 release date due to the record-long government shutdown, came in higher than expected. This is bad news for those who want the Federal ... Read More

US added 119K jobs in September after August decline, delayed report shows

The U.S. added 119,000 jobs in September as the unemployment rate rose to 4.4 percent, according to data the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released Thursday, more than six weeks after it was ... Read More

September Jobs Report Injects More Uncertainty Into Fed’s December Decision

Policymakers at the central bank are at odds over the need to cut interest rates for a third straight meeting, as inflation picks up again and the labor market slows down. Read More

September’s Mixed Jobs Report Complicates Fed’s December Rate Decision

The much-delayed September jobs data didn’t provide much clarity on the trajectory of the labor market heading into the government shutdown—further complicating the Fed’s final interest-rate decision ... Read More

Jobs Report Shocks Market: Is the Fed About to Hike Rates Again?

The U.S. economy added a surprisingly robust number of jobs in October, challenging market expectations and placing the Federal Reserve in a complex position ahead of its final meetings of the year. Read More

No jobs report again. But these numbers show how the U.S. economy is doing.

Investors are set to miss out on the second U.S. jobs report in a row due to the government shutdown, but there’s enough scattered evidence to suggest the economy is hanging in there. With the ... Read More

Is labor market bouncing back? Here's what the November jobs report tell us.

U.S. hiring bounced back in November with employers adding 227,000 jobs as the adverse toll on payrolls from two Southeast hurricanes and worker strikes largely reversed. The unemployment rate rose ... Read More