Unemployment

With wages stagnant and prices still rising, will the Fed hike rates at the end of the month?

Fed Chair Kevin Warsh mentioned at his last press conference that he believed the unemployment rate was running “basically consistent with full employment.” What does that mean?

Gad Levanon, chief economist at The Burning Glass Institute, explains the labor market divergence between those with and without a college degree.

Some of the decline in employment is down to elevated interest rates.

The labor market got a good report card for August, but inflation remains high. That complicates the Federal Reserve’s decision-making process.

More than a quarter of people who are unemployed have now been out of work for at least 27 weeks. Some for much longer.

A Marylander started an income redistribution club last year after a bunch of his friends who worked for the federal government lost their jobs.

Initial claims for unemployment insurance fell to the lowest level since 1969 — but there are disturbing trends below the surface.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported just 57,000 new jobs in June. Economists had expected double that.

April and May hiring increases were concentrated in lower-paying industries like leisure and hospitality, while professional sectors like banking and tech weren’t doing as well.