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 ...

U.S. employers posted 7.7 million vacancies in January, the Labor Department reported Tuesday, up from 7.5 million. The ...

That does not mean that layoffs in size in Federal workers ... will find no cause to rush to cut rates in today’s data,” they wrote. "The labor market does not need it, at least not yet.'' ...