January Jobs: Lower Unemployment Rate Is Misleading, But Overall Mixed Picture
US unemployment dropped to 4.0%, but mixed labor market signals remain. Read why future unemployment rates and Fed policies ...
Huge Upward Adjustment To Employment And Labor Force As Wave Of Immigrants Is Finally Included, Unemployment Drops, Wage Growth Accelerates
Average hourly earnings in January jumped by 0.48% (5.9% annualized), the biggest increase since June 2023. Read more here.
Trump inherits a labor market at full employment. Can he keep it there?
Defying fears of a pandemic-driven Great Depression, the U.S. job market closed out the Biden era with steady job gains.
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ABC: 47 of 50 states had construction unemployment rates below 10% in December
In December 2024, the national, not seasonally adjusted construction unemployment rate was 5.2%, up 0.8% from December 2023, ...
Unemployment spiked for Black men in January as more joined the labor force
Black men saw their unemployment rate spike to 6.9% from 5.6% in January, bucking the overall unemployment rate trend for the ...
US job growth slows in January; unemployment rate at 4.0%
US job growth slowed more than expected in January, but a 4.0% unemployment rate probably will give the Federal Reserve cover ...
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Here's where the jobs are for January 2025 — in one chart
Data on job growth in different area of the economy from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed health care and social ...
Here's the inflation breakdown for January 2025 — in one chart
The consumer price index rose 3% on the year in January 2025. Economists worry that broad disinflation is over, even as ...
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Unemployment spiked for Black men in January as more joined the labor force
However, economist Elise Gould cautioned that a change in survey tools at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics makes it difficult to compare January's data with previous months. Unemployment among ...