Is the US job market beginning to weaken? Friday's employment report may provide hints

The U.S. jobs report for May ... be scrutinizing Friday's data on job growth and pay gains as they consider their next steps on interest rates, in particular when to begin cutting their benchmark ... Read More

Mixed news on US jobs: Unemployment rate falls but hiring is slowing

The US economy is expected to have added 160,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate likely dropped to 4.2% from 4.3%. Read More

Friday’s jobs report will likely determine the size of the Fed’s rate cut

The Federal Reserve is expected to shift gears this month on monetary policy and enact the first rate cut since the central bank started its inflation-fighting tightening cycle 30 months ago. Read More

Sluggish US jobs report clears the way for Federal Reserve to cut interest rates

Economists have estimated that the government will report Friday that employers added 160,000 jobs in August and that the unemployment rate slipped back to 4.2%. Since hitting a half-century low of ... Read More

Unemployment falls, suggests orderly US labor-market slowdown

A surge in immigration means the economy needs to create between 145,000 and 200,000 jobs per month to keep up with growth in the working-age population. Read More

Sluggish US jobs report raises question of how much Fed will cut rates this month

Hiring by America’s employers picked up a bit in August from July’s tepid pace, and the unemployment rate dipped for the first time since ... Read More

US labor market added just 142,000 jobs in August, weaker than expected

Traders on Friday raised their bets to about 50-50 that the central ... Fed Chair Jerome Powell has made clear that he doesn’t want to see the job market weaken further. Substantial rate cuts by the ... Read More

US futures fall as focus shifts to Friday's job market report

US equity futures traded lower Tuesday with the S&P 500 futures down 0.17% at 5,638.70, while Nasdaq 100 futures dropped 64 points or 0.32% to 19,511.10. At 00:01 EST (04:01 GMT), the Dow Jones ... Read More

US job openings hit 3-1/2-year low as labor market eases

U.S. job openings dropped to a 3-1/2-year low in July, suggesting the labor market was losing steam, but the reduction on its own is probably not enough to warrant a half-percentage-point interest ... Read More

US job market may be near tipping point, research shows

But the economy may now be near a tipping point where a continued drop in job ... Fed beginning to cut interest rates to guard the labor market, according to new research presented on Friday ... Read More

US job market gets biggest markdown since 2009 with 818K fewer jobs than previously reported

The US job market did not grow as robustly ... Fed Chair Jerome Powell is expected to give more hints about the central bank’s rate cut plans on Friday in a hotly anticipated speech in Jackson ... Read More

US hiring rebounds slightly and unemployment rate dips in sign of still-slowing job market

Economists have estimated that the government will report Friday that employers added 160,000 jobs in August and that the unemployment rate slipped back to 4.2%. Since hitting a half-century low of ... Read More