Nonfarm payrolls were expected to increase 50,000 in February while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.3%.

Earlier data had pointed to a turnaround for the labor market.

Current unemployment figures show a rosy picture of the US labor scene, but the headline figure leaves out a lot of data. Diving into this data shows a divergence in the headline figure and the "real" ...

Monthly unemployment data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) show that white men have seen a worse erosion of employment opportunities than white women and Black men, in the recent labor force ...

Unemployment data released on Friday was not warmly greeted by millions of Americans. The overall unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3% in August, up from 4.2% in July. And just 22,000 jobs were added ...

Millions of people could be eligible for $3,000 more dollars in unemployment benefits if a new bill is passed and signed into law.

The unemployment rate, arguably the key number Federal Reserve policymakers watch in the monthly labor data, unexpectedly ...

The Washington Monument in the haze, as seen from a Pentagon City apartment building in 2023 (via WeatherBug) Obtaining real-time data on the impacts of federal downsizing continues to pose a ...

Amid a seemingly growing list of major company layoffs in 2024, one billionaire bond fund manager is raising questions over some data. During an interview on "Making Money with Charles Payne," ...