Unemployment

Jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, are at a 57-year low. But the job market isn't as good as that suggests.

Overall, the labor market has been steady despite uncertainty — although wage growth has been trending downward.

In a low-hire, low-fire job market, employment data and personal perceptions of the economy can tell different stories.

Colleen de Grasse, a Certified Public Accountant, committed to doing “something fun” every day of her job hunt.

Zoë Goffe graduated from undergrad in 2025. After working for a little more than a year, she’s back on the job hunt.

Economists say workers are too nervous to quit for better jobs, so employers have no openings to fill, and job seekers have nowhere to go.

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.