Jobs News The Fed Could Pause Rate Cuts At Its Meeting Next Week If The October Jobs Report Is Hot, Wharton Professor Jeremy Siegel Says

The Fed may cut interest rates next week. Here's what happened to mortgage rates the last two times it did that.

With another Fed rate cut looming, it helps to know the recent history behind rate cuts and mortgage rate reactions. Read More

Is anybody hiring? A weakening US job market may push the Fed to cut rates again.

Is anybody hiring? A weakening US job market may push the Fed to cut rates again. Condition red isn’t flashing for the U.S. job market, but its vital signs have deteriorated ahead of a pivotal vote by ... Read More

October jobs report canceled and November release delayed, BLS says

The government's October jobs report, which was delayed by the federal shutdown, will not be published, removing a crucial data point at a time when a stagnant labor market and sticky inflation have ... 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

September Jobs Report Won’t Help Resolve Fed Divisions

A job fair in Staten Island, New York. U.S. hiring rebounded in September. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) The September jobs report is unlikely to resolve the Federal Reserve's deliberations over ... Read More

Is the Federal Reserve likely to cut interest rates in December? Here's what economists say.

Just a few weeks ago, a December interest rate cut was viewed as practically a done deal by many economists. Now, with fresh government data showing solid U.S. job growth in September, many ... Read More

December Fed rate cut odds slide after cancellation of October jobs report

In another blow to watchers of monetary policy and the Federal Reserve, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on Wednesday said it was cancelling the release of the delayed October jobs report as ... Read More

Fed rate cut odds collapse 60% after missing jobs data

Federal Reserve’s December rate decision has drastically dropped by 60% after October jobs data missing news. A key Polymarket contract tracking the Federal Reserve’s December rate decision has seen ... Read More

Bond traders brace for jobs report as Fed rate-cut bets crumble

Bond investors are zeroing in on Thursday’s US labor market report, which is expected to either kill or rekindle waning expectations for a Federal Reserve interest-rate cut next month. The September ... Read More