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…
‘Unusually large amounts of economic activity’
For months, Wall Street commentators have fretted that the artificial intelligence boom looks like a bubble, with capital…
US Fed makes first rate cut of 2025 over employment risks
Economists expect to see growing divisions among the Federal Reserve’s rate-setting committee (Andrew Harnik) The US Federal Reserve…
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,…
US consumer sentiment slips again in September, University of Michigan survey says
(Reuters) -U.S. consumer sentiment fell for a second straight month in September as consumers saw rising risks to…
Results from the National Graduates Survey
Release date: February 5, 2025
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S&P, Nasdaq, Dow fall as weak jobs data sparks Wall Street worries
US stocks reversed course on Friday as investors took in a softer-than-expected jobs report, with imminent interest-rate cuts…
Jumbo Interest Rate Cut Odds for Sept. Rise After Weak Jobs Report
The job market tripped up big time last month. In a way, that’s exactly what the market was…
The labor market is on a knife edge, and the factors weakening it aren’t going anywhere
ANALYSIS: Weakening labor data—from downward payroll revisions to new job openings falling to just 22,000 for August—has raised…
Canada’s job market shrinks for second month as part-time work declines
Investing.com — Canada’s labor market softened further in August, with employment declining by 66,000 jobs and the unemployment…