Browsing: U.S. jobs report
Erika McEntarfer, the BLS head fired by Trump, got bipartisan support in her 2024 confirmation with votes from JD Vance and Marco Rubio
The head of the agency that compiles the closely watched monthly jobs report usually toils in obscurity, but on Friday,…
The shock jobs report sets off this recession alert and holds fresh clues that AI may be boosting unemployment, JPMorgan says
The jobs report that delivered a stunning wake-up call to Wall Street on Friday also contained a recession signal and…
Top economist Brad DeLong to recent college grads: Don’t blame AI for job struggles—blame the sputtering economy
As recent college graduates face one of the toughest job markets in years, Berkeley economist and voluble Substacker Brad DeLong…
A surprisingly weak July employment report has intensified expectations that the Federal Reserve will resume cutting interest rates as soon…
Trump orders firing of government labor data chief after jobs report stuns market with massive revisions to previous reports
President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the firing of Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics…
Shockingly bad jobs report reveals a months-long stall and may trigger Fed rate cuts soon. ‘Powell is going to regret holding rates steady’
The U.S. labor market looks much weaker than previously thought, and Wall Street now expects the Federal Reserve to resume…
The Labor Department has cut back on the inflation data it collects because of the Trump administration’s government hiring freeze, raising…
U.S. employers hired robustly in April, showing continued confidence in the economy even as President Donald Trump’s tariffs on U.S.…
Job seekers are using tricks like the ‘white font’ hack to outsmart AI gatekeepers—but their tactics may backfire
Job applicants are getting creative in trying to circumvent tAI systems that support the first screening process for many companies,…
Hurricanes and strikes limit US payroll gains to just 12,000, but jobless rate steady at 4.1%
America’s employers added just 12,000 jobs in October, a total that economists say was held down by the effects of strikes…












