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Whether you feel good about the job market probably depends on your industry.
Employers announced 8% fewer layoffs in December than a year earlier.
Economists and analysts are looking to new data from late 2025 to help them understand where the economy might be headed in 2026.
The magnitude of recent policy changes has little precedent in recent history.
Because of the government shutdown, economic data is harder to come by.
It’s not a story about wonky statistics. It’s about America’s reliability as a borrower of trillions of dollars, something that underpins our global economy.
Employers have added an anemic 35,333 jobs per month since May.
At Marketplace, we cover a lot of hard data. But soft data can be just as important.
Data collected by private companies can give us unique insight into the economy, but it’s not a substitute for the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
There are private firms that offer specialized economic data, but they're not always as comprehensive as government sources.
