Illinois companies announced 2,342 mass layoffs in January 2025, according to state reports. More than 9-in-10 job cuts ...
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell reiterated the central bank is in no rush to cut interest rates with inflation still lingering and a string economy.
His delaying tactics and bids for leniency exhausted, former Fitchburg Republican state Sen. Dean Tran finally has met his ...
US non-farm payrolls in January posted softer-than-expected growth, but the broader profile of the labor market suggests a ...
Second, the Fed is looking for signs of weakness in the labor market. Though the Fed doesn't want unemployment levels to dive to recession levels, a "healthy" labor market tells the central bank that ...
Futures pointed to a higher open Monday, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA closed the week 0.5% lower, snapping a three-week win streak, according to Dow Jones Market Data. The S&P 500 SPX ...
The recent January jobs report has painted a complex picture of the U.S. labor market, highlighting the challenges in ...
The state’s employers again expressed a mix of economic caution and optimism in the newest Business Confidence Index from ...
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt echoed that sentiment in a statement: “Today’s jobs report reveals the Biden ...
The United States added fewer jobs than anticipated in January as the Federal Reserve waits to see labor market and inflation ...
The U.S. economy added 143,000 jobs in January 2025, marking a slower-than-expected pace of growth, with economists having forecast 170,000 new jobs.