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Jobs Report: Here’s How Unemployment Has Trended in Recent Years

Today's jobs report is expected to show the unemployment rate inched higher in July to 4.2%, from 4.1% in June. Ahead of the ...

Here comes the July jobs report. The unemployment rate is the ‘main number you have to look at now,’ Fed’s Powell says.

The Federal Reserve won’t cut interest rates until it sees how inflation and job creation respond to higher tariffs. The next ...

Keep an eye on the unemployment rate in July's jobs report

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell repeatedly described the labor market as solid and balanced at his press conference on ...

The shock jobs report sets off this recession alert and holds fresh clues that AI may be boosting unemployment, JPMorgan says

“We have consistently emphasized that a slide in labor demand of this magnitude is a recession warning signal,” JPMorgan ...

July jobs report reveals employers added 73,000 jobs; unemployment rises

The US economy added a disappointing 73,000 jobs in July amid Trump's tariffs, immigration constraints; unemployment rises ...

Black unemployment is rising—critics say Trump’s ‘Black jobs’ promise was a lie

Just like the workers on his construction projects, Donald Trump wrote the Black community a bad check during the campaign,” ...

Long-Term Unemployment Rises In Worrying Sign For U.S. Labor Market

A modest increase in long-term joblessness could reflect employers getting pickier amid uncertainty over tariffs.

June jobs report reveals US added 147K jobs in June; unemployment dips

US employers added 147,000 jobs in June despite Trump's tariffs, federal layoffs and immigration crackdown; unemployment at 4.1% ...

Veterans Unemployment Rate Drops, But Trump Fires BLS Commissioner After Weak Overall Jobs Report

President Donald Trump ordered the firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Friday following a weak jobs report ...