Second, the Fed is looking for signs of weakness in the labor market. Though the Fed doesn't want unemployment levels to dive to recession levels, a "healthy" labor market tells the central bank that ...

The U.S. labor market started 2025 — and President Trump's term — in a state of uncanny balance. Why it matters: Unemployment ...

The Labor Department has released its first jobs report of the year, covering January 2025. It shows that payrolls grew by ...

However, the solid and steady labor market appears to be approaching another ... Given the current state of hiring, those prospects are harder, Pollak said, adding that if the severance packages ...

The central bank is grappling with how quickly to lower interest rates after pausing cuts last month.

Defying fears of a pandemic-driven Great Depression, the U.S. job market closed out the Biden era with steady job gains.

WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - U.S. job openings fell by the most in 14 months in December, but steady ... that the labor market has cooled from a previously overheated state, but that job demand ...

Analysis of the impact of Biden and Trump's economic policies on the labor market, inflation, interest rates, housing market, ...

The number of open jobs in the U.S. fell by more than half a million in the last month of 2024, but other indicators of labor-market health stayed steady in December. Job openings ended December ...