Second, the Fed is looking for signs of weakness in the labor market. Though the Fed doesn't want unemployment levels to dive to recession levels, a "healthy" labor market tells the central bank that ...

US non-farm payrolls in January posted softer-than-expected growth, but the broader profile of the labor market suggests a ...

The Labor Department has released its first jobs report of the year, covering January 2025. It shows that payrolls grew by 143,000 — somewhat lower than economists’ expectations of 175,000. On the ...

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and the preventable health inequities that result from these labor market hierarchies. The research is written by CUNY SPH ...

In his most recent press conference, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell characterized the labor market as "broadly stable." And in this week's lead-up to the January jobs report, the incoming ...

But, on many other measures, we see a labor market that is gradually cooling. Perhaps the most important numbers in the report were the downward revisions to estimates of job growth in April and May.

The number of jobs added came in below expectations, but the unemployment rate fell and earnings rose by more than expected in a sign of ongoing labour market strength January’s payrolls report ...