job market

The job search site Monster ranked the best cities for young workers based on affordability and job prospects.

States and cities put a lot of effort into events designed to attract young, educated people who can bolster their local economies with high incomes and more tax revenue.

Marketplace’s Future Effects correspondent David Brancaccio explores how widespread AI adoption could reshape the way the government collects revenue.

The latest jobs report shows that, as inflation has risen during the Iran War, wage growth has continued to slide. Wages are now growing at the slowest pace in more than five years.

Consumers are still spending. But for many, that now means dipping into savings.

Some companies are replacing workers lost to the administration’s crackdown on immigrants. Others are correcting for misguided layoffs.

ADP Research’s July private payroll report showed that people who switch jobs saw a 7% increase in pay.

Nicole Cervi, economist at Wells Fargo, weighs in on the bond market, the Fed, and the job market.

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

Jobless claims dropped only slightly last week, and unemployment is fairly low at 4.3%. But that might feel different, depending on where you live.