Initial jobless claims fell by 16,000 to 207,000 in the week that ended Jan. 25, the Labor Department said Thursday. It’s the lowest level in in three weeks.

A Republican-led House committee is demanding an explanation from the Labor Department over the federal agency’s leak of revised jobs data last month to a handful of Wall Street firms before it ...

The U.S. labor market ended 2024 on a high note, with employers adding 256,000 jobs in December. This exceeded expectations ...

Wall Street wiped out its entire post-election rally this week as mounting interest-rate fears were stoked by a red-hot labor market, surging inflation expectations and escalating geopolitical ...

LAYOFFS UPDATE The Labor Department issues its weekly tally of new unemployment benefit claims on Thursday. The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits held steady two weeks ago to ...

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The consumer price index rose 0.3% last month, the largest gain since April after advancing 0.2% for four straight months, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics said.

NEW YORK, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Wall Street see-sawed to a lower close on Thursday amid choppy trading, as investors embarked on the new year facing the cross-currents of solid labor market data ...