WASHINGTON — U.S. employment growth slowed more than expected in December amid job losses in the construction, retail and manufacturing sectors, but a decline in the unemployment rate to 4.4% ...

Unemployment was hovering around a four-year high in the United States as the economy added 50,000 jobs last month, below expectations, according to the latest government jobs report released Friday.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported an unexpected loss of 92,000 jobs in February, far below the forecast. Unemployment ...

Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau, vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, shared views on the current economy and the outlook from the Economic Research Department as of January 15, 2026.

WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - U.S. job growth rebounded more than expected in November after government-related spending cuts triggered the biggest drop in nonfarm payrolls in nearly five years in ...

Hundreds of people gather at the Grand Hyatt Denver for the Colorado Business Economic Outlook & Forum on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (Bernadette Berdychowski / The Denver Gazette) Preliminary estimates ...

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Home Investing Economy Job Growth Sizzled to Start the Year. Here's Why It's Unlikely to Impact Interest Rates The January jobs report came in much stronger than expected and the unemployment rate ...

U.S. job growth accelerated in January, according to new data released from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, with the economy adding about 130,000 jobs, exceeding expectations of about 75,000. The ...