WASHINGTON — U.S. hiring decelerated sharply last month in the face of high interest rates as employers added an unexpectedly weak 114,000 jobs. Friday’s Labor Department...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy suffered an unexpected setback in July as hiring fell sharply and the unemployment rate rose for the fourth straight month with...
WASHINGTON — U.S. job openings fell slightly last month, a sign that the American labor market continues to cool in the face of high interest rates....
US stocks were mixed on Monday, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq and the S&P 500 rising ahead of a Federal Reserve interest rate decision and Big Tech...
Wall Street: S&P 500 and Nasdaq declined on Wednesday, with major chip and tech stocks leading the fall on worries about trade sanctions on companies giving...
Even as inflation slows, though, the costs of food, rent, health care and other necessities remain much higher than they were before the pandemic | Photo:...
U.S. consumer prices unexpectedly fell and the annual increase was the smallest in a year, reinforcing views that a trend of dropping inflation was back on track in the United...
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday reinforced a message that the Fed is paying growing attention to a slowing job market and not...
The United States Federal Reserve faces a cooling job market as well as persistently high prices, Chairman Jerome Powell has said in testimony to the US...
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve faces a cooling job market as well as persistently high prices, Chair Jerome Powell said in testimony Tuesday to Congress, a...
July 5 – Federal Reserve policymakers got more evidence of U.S. labor-market cooling on Friday that could boost their confidence they are winning their fight on...
US stocks were mixed on Friday following a report on the job market that showed a slowdown in hiring. At 9:50 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones...