Jobs Disappoint, But New Administration Appears To Be Agent Of Change
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 143,000 new jobs in January, below the consensus estimate of 175,000. Click for more ...
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Job numbers, inflation leaving room for Fed to hold rates
Slowing but healthy US job growth, combined with rising inflation expectations, supports the Federal Reserve’s inclination to ...
Trump inherits a labor market at full employment. Can he keep it there?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Defying fears of a pandemic-driven Great Depression and bucking Federal Reserve interest rate hikes as ...
Fed's Kugler says labor market healthy, inflation elevated
In remarks that suggest she is in no hurry to cut interest rates, Federal Reserve Governor Adriana Kugler on Friday said she ...
US weekly jobless claims edge up; worker productivity growth slows
The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased moderately last week, consistent with ...
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No clear signal for Fed as unemployment rate drops to 4%
Employers added fewer workers than anticipated last month, but upward revisions to previous estimates drove down the jobless ...
Why the labor market could be the only hope for another Fed rate cut
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell appears confident in the US labor market. But that means any signs of a slowdown could ...
WA Labor has thumping Newspoll lead a month before election; federal Labor improves
Labor is in a strong position ahead of the WA election, while federal Labor has also received some better news from the ...
January Jobs Report Keeps Rates on Pause: What the Experts Are Saying
The unemployment rate, which is derived from a separate survey, declined to 4% from 4.1% the prior month. Economists expected ...
Wildfires, snow and holiday shopping. Here’s what likely influenced Friday’s jobs numbers
Trump, via the Elon Musk-spearheaded Department of Government Efficiency, is in the process of gutting some federal agencies. It remains to be seen how deep the job cuts will go, but those offered ...
Who’s feeling inflation the most? A glimmer of hope for hardest-hit Australians
Working households are feeling the lowest price pressures since 2020, as inflation eased across the country and even went ...
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Bitcoin Tops $100K After U.S. Added Fewer Than Forecast Jobs in January
The U.S. economy added 143,000 jobs in January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday, below forecasts of 170,000 ...