For the second month in a row, a government report on employment and unemployment has been delayed by the federal shutdown.

An unsettled labor market is usually an indication of a troubled economy. In fact, a rapidly increasing unemployment rate characterizes the start of recessions. Therefore, a timely and accurate ...

State-level unemployment claims can provide a real-time measure of national labor market conditions and the overall state of the economy. A rapid and widespread buildup of stress in state labor ...

This paper explores how fluctuations in crime rates influence labor market outcomes in Mexico. Using detailed survey data and an individual-fixed effect estimation, the analysis reveals distinct ...

Government labor data could paint a darker economic picture, leading to a market slide that would throw cold water on the outlook of those who are well off.

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook said she sees the risk of further labor-market weakness as greater than the risk that ...

The labor market weakened significantly in August, as only 22,000 jobs were added, barely a third of what had been expected, the Labor Department said on Friday. Economists had forecast a gain of ...

If the pundits proved right, the US labor market was supposed to have broken down by now. It wasn’t supposed to survive the Federal Reserve’s historic and aggressive rate-hiking campaign to reel in ...

U.S. labor market data is flashing warning signs, with the Conference Board’s Employment Trends Index falling again in August and temporary hiring shrinking. Economist Mitchell Barnes said the ...

Even with momentum slowing, companies had mostly held onto employees throughout the year. But some sizeable layoffs at major ...

Why now: Policymakers typically look to monthly surveys from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the broadest and most ...