Jun 02 Watch 6:00 U.S. economy adds more jobs in face of inflation and interest rate hikes By Paul Solman, Diane Lincoln Estes, Shoshana Dubnow The latest jobs report shows the labor market remains strong despite rising interest rates. That's good news for workers but it complicates the Federal Reserve's efforts to curb inflation. Economics Correspondent Paul Solman looks at the connections between the labor… Continue watching
May 11 Here’s who’s being hit hardest by the economic downturn By Candice Norwood The widespread nature of the losses indicates a more significant challenge for the labor market to recover as states begin to reopen businesses. Continue reading
Sep 07 Why wages are on the rise and other important numbers from the August jobs report By Gretchen Frazee The economy added 201,000 jobs in August, and the national unemployment rate remained at 3.9 percent. Continue reading
Sep 03 A growing number of Americans want to join a union By Thomas Kochan, Erin L. Kelly, Will Kimball, MIT Sloan School of Management, Duanyi Yang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology A nationally representative survey of the workforce found interest in joining unions to be at a four-decade high. Continue reading
Oct 13 Social Security benefits to rise by 2 percent in 2018 By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Millions of Social Security recipients and other retirees will get a 2 percent increase in benefits next year. It’s the largest increase since 2012 but comes to only $25 a month for the average beneficiary. The Social Security… Continue reading
Aug 02 Older people dying on job at higher rate than all workers By Maria Ines Zamudio and Michelle Minkoff, Associated Press Older people are dying on the job at a higher rate than workers overall, even as the rate of workplace fatalities decreases. Continue reading
Aug 05 July was another stellar month for jobs By Kristen Doerer The U.S. economy added 255,000 jobs in July, building on the 292,000 jobs created in June, and the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.9 percent. Continue reading
Jul 08 After pitiful May jobs report, the U.S. adds a whopping 287,000 jobs in June By Kristen Doerer The U.S. economy added a whopping 287,000 jobs in June, giving economists and American workers something to smile about. Continue reading
Jun 03 May’s pitiful jobs report ends hopes for June rate hike By Kristen Doerer The U.S. economy added a mere 38,000 jobs in May (and no, that is not a typo). Continue reading
Apr 03 How much of March’s disappointing jobs report is just a blip? By Simone Pathe The economy added a disappointing 126,000 jobs in March. And while economists often caution that one month's data shouldn't be weighted too heavily, this latest jobs report comes on the heels of other news about slower economic growth. All of… Continue reading