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The Fed is charged with promoting a strong economy by maintaining stable prices and maximum employment, but the latter could be a challenge with a job market that’s slowing.

The latest jobs report showed a loss of 92,000 jobs in February. After months of easing unemployment, that number crept up too, to 4.4%.

AI-generated resumes are overwhelming hiring managers. So companies are looking for new ways to find future employees.

Health care accounted for 121% of job growth over the past 12 months, as other sectors were net job losers.

Researchers at the National Bureau of Economic Research asked executives at nearly 6,000 companies how generative AI has affected their productivity and employment.

Canary founder Rachel Schneider discusses how her nonprofit helps companies distribute $1,000 lump sum grants to employees experiencing financial crises.

The drop in unemployment claims is good news, but other indicators show that few jobs have been created over the past few months — a trend likely to continue in 2026.

The government shutdown delayed the BLS September jobs report by more than a month.

Break-even employment is a sort of balance figure between the number of job seekers and the number of jobs available.

“It's not the change of tariffs,” said KPMG U.S. CEO Tim Walsh, “but the fact that tariffs are changing, and then sometimes changing again.”