High mortgage rates and a weakening labor market are squeezing first-time homebuyers who struggle to save for down payments as wages fail to keep pace with inflation.

When the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1% in July, it broke a record set in 1970. But the unemployment rate may be falling for the wrong reasons.

Bank of America has published a labor-market dashboard, examining what a number of different indicators are saying ahead of ...

The labor market isn’t on the brink of collapse, but it’s not exactly flourishing with possibility either. Hiring has slowed throughout the market, but layoffs are still remaining low. We’re well past ...

A pullback from employment by workers age 65 and older may partly allay concerns that demand for artificial intelligence will fall short of a coming surge in supply.

U.S. employers shed 23,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 4.1% in July, new Labor Department data shows.

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A severe labor shortage is set to emerge over the next decade amid a wave of baby boomer retirements and a shrinking younger workforce.

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 ...

The economy lost 23,000 jobs in July and hiring in the previous two months was a lot weaker than originally reported, ...

A pullback from employment by workers age 65 and older may partly allay concerns that demand for artificial intelligence will fall short of a coming surge in supply.