Workers and economists interact with the labor market in quite different ways. This contrast can lead to misunderstandings, at best, and distrust of the data at worst. Neither macroeconomic ...

Why the latest report is giving job hunters the jitters: longer stretches of unemployment and more part-time work.

Unemployment is low, but there isn’t much room to move around — especially for those with highly government-specific skills.

For example, December’s ‘flash’ estimate ... the dire business surveys at the end of last year exaggerated the labour market downturn. There’s a similar story on vacancies.

Employers across the U.S. added 151,000 jobs in February, below economists' forecasts and pointing to a slowdown in the labor market amid signs of slowing economic growth. Economists had forecast ...

US weekly jobless claims fall to 221,000 in March 2025, yet the US labor market update shows cracks. Is it a blip or a trend?

The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, suggesting that ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rose on Friday, but only after careening through another wild day. It was a fitting ending to a ...

The United States is at a crossroads in the path toward gender equity in the labor market, according to Fran Blau '66, ...

Trump 1.0 and Biden Focused on Preserving Competition in Labor Markets In the months leading up to Trump’s first Administration, the FTC and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued Antitrust Guidance ...