With the government shutdown finally over, this week brings a double dose of good news: federal workers start receiving paychecks again, and economic data collection resumes. Both matter more than you ...
(The Center Square) – Last week’s jobs report said the U.S. added 130,000 jobs in January. But the more consequential news landed in the fine print: the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ annual benchmark ...
Economists will tell you that it is a tough time for people entering the job market. They can relate: It is the worst market young economists have faced in memory. The economics job market is getting ...
Simon Johnson warns the technology could erode middle-class jobs and widen inequality, unless policymakers start tackling the ...
The U.S. economy is still booming. Layoffs haven’t spiked. The stock market continues to climb. And yet, when a fresh batch of labor market data landed Tuesday, one of the country’s most respected ...
Employers added jobs in November, but only in certain sectors, according to Tuesday’s jobs report. Healthcare and construction, for example, added 46,000 jobs and 28,000 jobs, respectively.
Washington skeptics were quieted Wednesday morning as the January jobs report beat expectations, revealing a resilient American workforce that added 130,000 jobs to start the year. While experts ...