Positive and negative signals coming out of the economy have experts questioning the direction of the U.S. labor market.

Layoffs may not be mounting, but it’s getting harder to find a job in a labor market where hiring is “anemic” as ...

Why are there so few workers for so many open jobs? It's one of the biggest mysteries about the U.S. economy and helps explain why a big labor shortage is adding to high inflation.

Those with a job are likely to stay employed, but those without one are likely to stay unemployed. Why it matters: Welcome to ...

Released today, the ADP National Employment Report for June 2025 shows a significant slowdown in the US private sector labor market, with a loss of 33,000 jobs. This negative statistic follows a ...

An early indicator that the job market weakened in June is the rising number of continuous jobless claims, which are reported ...

Labor market slows as jobless claims rise to highest level since 2021 The job market is “progressing solidly, although more slowly than before,” Mary Daly, president of the Federal Reserve ...

The Labor Market Makes the Fed Look Late on Rate Cuts Continuing jobless claims just hit the highest level since 2021.

The job market is “progressing solidly, although more slowly than before,” Mary Daly, president of the Federal Reserve Bank ...

A challenging job market Young people graduating from college this spring and summer are facing one of the toughest job markets in more than a decade.

Young people graduating from college this spring and summer are facing one of the toughest job markets in more than a decade. Seth Wenig/AP/file ...

A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction to stop the U.S. Department of Labor from shutting down Job Corps, which serve more than 20,000 students.