It’s tough to say whether we’re officially in a recession, but unemployment rates are traditionally one of the most reliable metrics to gauge how the economy is faring. However, the figures most often ...

The unemployment rate has risen over half a percentage point since the second quarter of 2023. Individual survey data underlying the unemployment rate can help in assessing which labor market ...

While the unemployment rate remains near a 50-year low, another measure of worker well-being indicates there may be bigger cracks in the labor market. The low unemployment rate, which stood at 4.2% in ...

The U.S. unemployment rate—the percentage of the labor force without a job, but able to work and actively searching for it—is one of the key indicators of the overall health of the nation’s economy.

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The unemployment rate can’t tell us everything happening in the job market. But the Labor Department is robust and transparent in its calculations. I hear a lot of people talking about the ...

Employers added 64,000 jobs in November, according to data delayed by the government shutdown. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.6 percent, the highest level in four years. +400,000 The average job ...

More people have jobs in America this month than they did last month, so says the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). But the headline... At Money Morning, we dive deep into the unconventional ...