2025 Outlook: 5 Trends That Will Impact The Economy And Markets

While 2024 was a solid year, there are reasons to be optimistic about the 2025 outlook based on the outlook for jobs, consumption, growth, inflation, and interest rates. Read More

Will Jobs Be Plentiful In 2025?

In March 2022, more than two jobs were available for every unemployed worker, the most since the Department of Labor began keeping track of job openings in 2000. By September, there were only 1.09 ... Read More

Why the U.S. economy is still strong despite the Fed’s 2022-23 rate hikes

Something surprising happened on the way toward the highest U.S. interest rates in more than a dozen years: Neither consumers nor businesses buckled under the weight of higher borrowing costs from the ... Read More

November jobs report: US economy adds 227,000 jobs in November, unemployment rate rises to 4.2% as labor market rebounds

The US economy added more jobs ... news. More to come... Josh Schafer is a reporter for Yahoo Finance. Follow him on X @_joshschafer. Click here for in-depth analysis of the latest stock market ... Read More

The 2025 economy: 5 things to watch

Tariffs, taxes and immigration are likely to determine the course of the coming year. The economy is in good shape heading into 2025. Inflation is coming down, growth is brisk, and the job market has ... Read More

Latest job report positive news for U.S. economy

Reed Cowan talks to CBS News Moneywatch analyst Jill Schlesinger about the new jobs report. 5 jaw-dropping moments from the Beyoncé Bowl halftime performance on Christmas Day The Trump Economy ... Read More

Will the Economy Continue Its Growth in 2025?

Forecasters see good chances the U.S. economy will continue to grow steadily in 2025, while the odds of a downturn have diminished in recent months. Read More

Jobless claims drop to 8-month low to end 2024. Low U.S. unemployment fuels economy.

The number of people who applied for unemployment benefits after Christmas fell to an eight-month low, capping off a year of remarkably low layoffs in a surprising resilient U.S. economy. Read More

New Census Report Explained Job Growth, But Labor Market Likely To Tighten

Businesses that hire workers learned why things have gotten better, but reversals likely ahead in 2025. 3 strategies can help business leaders in a tighter labor market. Read More

Where Are Stocks and the Economy Going? Ask Bonds

The single best indicator of the direction of the macroeconomy — and, by extension, financial markets — is the term premium. Read More

US adds 227,000 jobs in what analysts say is a healthy economy

Those workers returning to the job ... the latest labor report. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images) The economy added 227,000 jobs in November, making for a strong jobs report despite a slight ... Read More

Is labor market bouncing back? Here's what the November jobs report tell us.

The changes paint a modestly brighter picture of the job market in late summer and early fall than previously believed. "The November jobs report should ... underpinning an economy that most ... Read More