Economists had been expecting an overall healthy reading, with 169,000 net new jobs created in the month and the unemployment ...

Economists were projecting the unemployment rate would stay at 4.1% and 170,000 jobs would be added, according to FactSet estimates. Friday’s report — which also featured some significant data ...

But he added that a strong jobs report shouldn't keep the Fed from resuming rate cuts as long as its preferred inflation ...

While the headline number missed estimates, the January jobs report showed signs of strength investors think will keep rates ...

The latest job market report was a bit of a "mixed bag" for the housing sector, with wages now rising faster than inflation ...

By Ben Casselman The Labor Department’s latest monthly report on hiring and unemployment will include revisions for previous months that should give a more accurate picture of the U.S. job ...

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.

The rest of this week brings more blue-chip earnings, plus one of the most closely watched economic data releases, the ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics' monthly jobs report is slated for release at 8:30 a.m. ET on Friday. Economists expect non-farm payrolls to have risen by 170,000 in January, while the unemployment ...

Across November and December, the US labor market added 100,000 more jobs than initially thought, per Friday's labor report. Capital Economics deputy chief North America economist Stephen Brown ...

But he added that a strong jobs report shouldn't keep the Fed from resuming rate cuts as long as its preferred inflation measure, now just under 3%, continues to drop. "I think inflation looks to ...