A stronger-than-expected jobs report could signal a labor market turnaround – with caveats

US job growth was historically weak last year. And US job growth was significantly stronger than expected at the start of ...

Jobs Report Live: Trump Says Borrowing Costs Should Be Lowered Because of 'Great' Jobs Numbers

Follow along with Investopedia's live coverage of Wednesday's employment situation report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics ...
Forbes

Potential Problems Loom Underneath Resilient Labor Market Data

The labor market added 139,000 jobs and the unemployment rate stayed at 4.2% in May 2025, according to the latest release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Those top line numbers indicate a ...
FedScoop

AI will have a major impact on labor markets. Here’s how the US can prepare

Markets are the killer app for efficiently organizing unfathomably complex human activities to deliver innovation and prosperity. They can also shift suddenly, creating winners and losers, even as ...

US job growth surges in January, but labor market far from turning around

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (Reuters) - U.S. job growth unexpectedly accelerated in January and the unemployment ...
The Hill

Weaker job growth could actually be a good sign for the labor market

December’s Jobs Report did little to temper concerns of a weakening labor market. Despite a usual holiday bump in hiring, the labor market only added 50,000 jobs, after losing another 76,000 jobs in ...
International Monetary Fund

Oil Shocks and Labor Market Developments

This paper examines how oil shocks shape labor market outcomes across 89 countries from 1975 to 2022. Leveraging a high-frequency oil supply shock series and a rich panel of quarterly labor market ...