Accounting for City Size, Minimum Wages Reduce Jobs Almost Everywhere
In new research, Priyaranjan Jha, Jyotsana Kala, David Neumark, and Antonio Rodriguez-Lopez find that studies arguing higher minimum…
Global 36-Hour Interest-Rate Spree Heralds First US Cut of 2025
Chairman of the US Federal Reserve Jerome Powell, from left, Governor of the Bank of Canada Tiff Macklem,…
Investors seek Fed’s view of shaky labor market as rate cut looms
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) -Investors will look for the Federal Reserve to communicate how worried it…
Recession Outlook: Mark Zandi Says Weak Jobs Report Confirms Economy Fear
No matter how you slice it, the August jobs report showed a weakening labor market. Nonfarm payrolls came…
America is in a serious jobs slump
Employment gains were so weak in the July jobs report that President Donald Trump fired the head of…
The professions trying to get ahead with AI are those most likely to lose their jobs to it, St. Louis Fed says
A new St. Louis Fed study suggests the U.S. may be seeing early signs of AI-driven job displacement,…
High-Value Work Grew 31% Among Large Businesses as AI Amplifies Demand for Human Skills
Upwork Inc. Inaugural monthly analysis of the freelance economy provides an early signal of U.S. labor market shifts,…
Stock Market Outlook: 2 Forces That Could Spark Sell-Off in Tech-Heavy Market
By at least one measure, the US stock market is more concentrated in its biggest names than it’s…
Job Market: AI-Driven ‘Jobless Recovery’ Could Hit These Workers Hard
There’s one group of workers that could be in for a particularly rough time as AI becomes more…
Fed officials tilt dovish as US job market softens
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) -Since the Federal Reserve’s decision last month to hold interest rates steady, a shift…
How Hurricane Helene impacted the job market in Western North Carolina: report
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — For many workers throughout Western North Carolina, Hurricane Helene didn’t just flood roads and…
Private employers added more than 100K new jobs in July
Friday will be the first Friday of a new month, and that means a new jobs report. But…