The surprising 256,000 increase in new jobs in December and a declining unemployment rate is good news, but the latest employment reports masks recent softness in the labor market. The increase in new ...

U.S. employers likely added 153,000 jobs in December, close to the average of the last six months, while the unemployment ...

Rising unemployment prodded the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates last fall despite lingering inflation — and the jobless rate could still be the deciding factor for future rate cuts.

And December’s Jobs Report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics – the last one of Joe Biden’s presidency – emphatically put ...

A recent surge in U.S. Treasury yields may gain even more momentum after a strong jobs report reinforced expectations that ...

“Mortgage rates ticked up for the fifth consecutive week and crossed 7% for the first time since May of 2024,” says Sam ...

There is some positive news in Minnesota's economic development as in the latest state labor report, employers added 4100 jobs in December.

Here’s a rundown of what the jobs report shows: The unemployment rate in the state was 3.7% in December. That’s unchanged from November, when the unemployment rate ticked up from 3.6% in October.

Among local cities, Arcata continues to have the highest unemployment rate at 7.7% followed by Rio Dell at 5.2%. Eureka’s ...

Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary December 2024 unemployment rate was 5.2%, according to the Kentucky Center for ...

There are growing concerns about the stickiness of inflation and fears that the Federal Reserve may have to keep interest ...