By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - New claims for US unemployment benefits hovered near 57-year lows last week, suggesting the labor market was regaining momentum after struggling ...

If you are looking for a job right now, it might help to have a medical degree. The recent jobs report from the Labor Department painted a far less rosy picture of the labor market in July than ...

Initial jobless claims came in at 197,000 for the week ending September 19, 2026, down 1,000 from the prior week. The 4-week ...

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh highlighted the improved numbers in a speech about the board's decision Wednesday to raise ...

Evidence suggests that generative AI has reduced demand for positions in which the new technology can more efficiently ...

U.S. labor market data is flashing warning signs, with the Conference Board's Employment Trends Index falling again in August and temporary hiring shrinking. Economist Mitchell Barnes said the ...

Labor market polarization describes the growing share of employment and wage mass at the extremes of the occupational distribution, with high-skill, high-wage and low-skill, low-wage jobs expanding ...

Nonfarm payrolls are projected to increase by 53,000 in August, a step up after the prior two months showed a net loss of 3,000. The labor market has been in a low-hire low-fire environment and has ...

In June's Consumer Confidence Survey, 29.2% of respondents said jobs were "plentiful," down from 31.1% in May. Meanwhile, 18.1% of consumers said jobs were "hard to get," down slightly from 18.4% in ...

Central banks conduct monetary policy to achieve price stability, but decisions also have effects on labor-market outcomes. In this paper, we identify exogenous monetary shocks with the ‘interest rate ...