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Jobs Report: Here’s How Unemployment Has Trended in Recent Years

Today's jobs report is expected to show the unemployment rate inched higher in July to 4.2%, from 4.1% in June. Ahead of the ...

Keep an eye on the unemployment rate in July's jobs report

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell repeatedly described the labor market as solid and balanced at his press conference on ...

Here comes the July jobs report. The unemployment rate is the ‘main number you have to look at now,’ Fed’s Powell says.

The Federal Reserve won’t cut interest rates until it sees how inflation and job creation respond to higher tariffs. The next ...

The shock jobs report sets off this recession alert and holds fresh clues that AI may be boosting unemployment, JPMorgan says

“We have consistently emphasized that a slide in labor demand of this magnitude is a recession warning signal,” JPMorgan ...

Black unemployment is rising—critics say Trump’s ‘Black jobs’ promise was a lie

Just like the workers on his construction projects, Donald Trump wrote the Black community a bad check during the campaign,” ...

July jobs report reveals employers added 73,000 jobs; unemployment rises

The US economy added a disappointing 73,000 jobs in July amid Trump's tariffs, immigration constraints; unemployment rises ...

Long-Term Unemployment Rises In Worrying Sign For U.S. Labor Market

A modest increase in long-term joblessness could reflect employers getting pickier amid uncertainty over tariffs.