Economists say the details of the report matter just as much as the headline number.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases reports that can shift global markets and influence Federal Reserve interest rate decisions, impacting personal finances across the U.S. The numbers in ...

Employment in the U.S. private sector declined again in August, according to a report released Thursday by private payroll processing firm ADP, the latest signal of job market growth cooling as ...

The first Friday of October came and went without new jobs data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Investors accustomed to dissecting every payroll figure were left flying blind, forced to rely on ...

An unsettled labor market is usually an indication of a troubled economy. In fact, a rapidly increasing unemployment rate characterizes the start of recessions. Therefore, a timely and accurate ...

The U.S. job market cooled further in the past month, based on a raft of recently released reports. But there is no sign of a steep downturn that would suggest an imminent recession. The latest ...

This year saw significant developments in antitrust scrutiny of labor issues, including wage fixing, non-competes, and no-poach agreements. Applying the antitrust laws to labor markets and ...

January's U.S. employment report signals renewed labor market stability, with nonfarm payrolls up 130,000, far surpassing expectations. Private sector hiring drove gains, while public sector jobs ...

State-level unemployment claims can provide a real-time measure of national labor market conditions and the overall state of the economy. A rapid and widespread buildup of stress in state labor ...

Labor markets around the world are being reshaped by powerful trends, including rapid advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI), population ageing in some regions and youth bulges in others. AI’s ...