For several months now, the US labor market has been on a cooling trajectory, and Friday’s jobs report made that even more apparent. The US economy added 150,000 jobs last month, falling below ...

The April jobs report showed the US labor market isn't rapidly cooling. But some on Wall Street still think an economic slowdown is likely underway, even if it's not showing up in mass layoffs or ...

A student learns about employment information from a company representative at a job fair held at Harbin Institute of Technology in Harbin, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, March 26, 2025.

That message could be a relevant one for the United States’ central bank, the Federal Reserve. How much room the U.S. labor market has to expand is a key question for the Fed in 2024.

The April employment report, as illustrated in graphics with “U.S. Added Jobs at Steady Clip in April” (U.S. News, May 3), reveals a growing imbalance in the U.S. labor market. Of the 177,000 ...

First-time applications for unemployment benefits rose more than expected last week, indicating that cracks may be forming in America’s long-solid labor market.