Economy Sep 05 Chicago Fed president unpacks weak jobs report and what it says about the economy By Amna Nawaz, Karina Cuevas
Economy Sep 05 U.S. hiring stalls with just 22,000 jobs added in August The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3%, also worse than expected and the highest level since 2021. By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press
Economy Sep 04 Wall Street inches higher before the bell ahead of critical jobs data release this week Futures for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq each rose 0.2% before the opening bell Thursday, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were unchanged. By Associated Press
Politics Aug 26 WATCH: Trump celebrates private business job creation while touting federal job cuts President Donald Trump bragged that he had laid off 84,000 federal workers. By Associated Press
Politics Aug 12 WATCH: Asked if Trump administration will continue to release jobs report, Leavitt says ‘I believe that is the plan’ White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday that the government will continue to issue the monthly jobs report, which includes the nation’s unemployment rate, despite comments by an administration’s nominee that suggested suspending it. By Associated Press
Aug 12 Why economists are criticizing Trump’s nominee to oversee data on jobs and inflation By Christopher Rugaber, Josh Boak, Associated Press President Donald Trump has selected E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, to be the next commissioner at the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics. Antoni's nomination was quickly met with a cascade of criticism from other economists. Continue reading
Aug 02 WATCH: ‘I think their numbers were wrong,’ Trump says after firing BLS head over jobs report By Associated Press President Donald Trump says he "did the right thing" by having his team remove the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures, after a weak report showed hiring slowed and was much weaker in April and May… Continue reading
Aug 01 Trump fires Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner after dismal employment report By Christopher S. Rugaber, Associated Press President Donald Trump on Friday removed the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures after a report showed hiring slowed in July and was much weaker in May and June than previously reported. Continue reading
Jun 06 Hiring slows in U.S. amid uncertainty over Trump’s trade wars By Leah Willingham, Associated Press Trump’s aggressive and unpredictable policies – especially his sweeping taxes on imports – have muddied the outlook for the economy and the job market and raised fears that the American economy could be headed toward recession. Continue reading
May 02 Watch 4:51 Jobs market defies expectations amid fears tariffs could soon spur economic downturn By Amna Nawaz, Ryan Connelly Holmes The U.S. labor market beat expectations last month, adding 177,000 jobs as the unemployment rate held steady at 4.2 percent. But the April jobs number was lower than the March tally and some economists are concerned that cracks in the… Continue watching