labor market

Seasonal hiring announcements are unusually quiet heading into the holiday season, according to new data from Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

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?

Economists say one reason hiring isn't budging is employers are afraid to budge.

Hiring in the services sector, on the other hand, isn’t quite as hot.

LinkedIn is no longer just a job-posting site — it’s a full-blown social media platform, and it’s growing fast. It’s also becoming increasingly critical for finding (and keeping) a job.

Austin Golding, CEO of Golding Barge Line, talks about how his business is juggling a changing labor market amid tariffs and a tight oil market.

For every job seeker, there are 1.05 jobs available.

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

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

We discuss what newly revealed cracks in the labor mean for the central bank’s next moves.