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.

Here’s a look at the labor market for recent college graduates: A version of this article appeared in the September 30, 2022, issue . We welcome your thoughts and questions about this article.

But the big takeaway from the pandemic recovery is simple: The U.S. labor market was not permanently worsened by the hit it suffered. It echoes the aftermath of the 2008 recession, when economists ...

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.

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 U.S. labor market showed signs of resilience in May, with employers adding 139,000 jobs amid economic uncertainty that has caused some employers to pause hiring. The unemployment rate held ...

The job market is defying all odds. U.S. employers added 336,000 jobs in September, according to the Labor Department . That's about twice as many as forecasters were expecting.

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 ...

Job openings, a measure of labor demand, were down 384,000 to 9.59 million on the last day of March, the lowest level since April 2021. Data for February was revised higher to show 9.97 million ...

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.