The U.S. job market again defied an anticipated slowdown, with firms adding more than a quarter of a million jobs in the last full month of Joe Biden's presidency and leaving Federal Reserve ...
The US unemployment rate fell sharply in August, as some firms began to hire new staff again and temporary hiring for the US census boosted job numbers. Firms added 1.4 million new jobs and ...
The US unemployment rate has fallen to a 50-year low, possibly easing recession worries after recent weak economic data. The Labor Department figures showed that the rate fell to 3.5% in September ...
The unemployment rate is at a modest 4.2%, though that is up from a half century low 3.4% reached in 2023. To fight inflation that hit four-decade highs two and a half years ago, the Federal ...
U.S. hiring picked up unexpectedly in December as employers added a strong 256,000 jobs, another sign of the economy's resilience in the face of high interest rates ... and 4.2% unemployment.
Earlier in the summer, a rise in the United States unemployment rates raised concerns among people and eventually fueled the rate cuts in September, but as the year 2024 ended, the US labour ...