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Top economists and Jerome Powell agree that Gen Z’s hiring nightmare is real—and it’s not about AI eating entry-level jobs

September 21, 2025

The dramatic rise in unemployment among Americans under 25—especially recent graduates—has become one of the most troubling economic…

MMarkets

Key US Inflation Metric to Ease as Focus Shifts to Jobs Market

September 20, 2025

A shopper at a clothing store in downtown Detroit, Michigan. (Bloomberg) — The Federal Reserve’s preferred gauge of…

MMarkets

September 20, 2025

The stock market reached records again this week, propelled by the Federal Reserve’s decision to cut interest rates…

JJobs

Employers want fewer people working, and there are fewer people who want to work. The demand for labor, and the supply of labor are curiously in balance when they would not normally be.

September 20, 2025

231,000 people nationwide filed first-time claims for unemployment last week. That’s about average these days. According to the most…

EEconomy

September 19, 2025

People crossing the street in Shibuya, Tokyo. Maydays | Moment | Getty Images Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index…

EEconomy

Federal Reserve Predicts High Inflation Will Persist for More than Seven Years Post-Pandemic

September 19, 2025

Michael Nagle / Bloomberg via Getty Images The Federal Reserve’s latest set of projections foresees inflation as measured…

EEconomy

September 18, 2025

HONG KONG, Sept 18 — Equities wavered in Asia today after the Federal Reserve lowered interest rates but…

MMarkets

September 18, 2025

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on Sept. 17, 2025…

JJobs

‘The supply of workers has obviously come way down’

September 18, 2025

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell tied the nation’s cooling job market directly to President Donald Trump’s restrictive immigration…

EEconomy

‘Unusually large amounts of economic activity’

September 18, 2025

For months, Wall Street commentators have fretted that the artificial intelligence boom looks like a bubble, with capital…

EEconomy

Hong Kong matches US Fed’s first rate cut of 2025, in boon for mortgage borrowers, economy

September 18, 2025

Hong Kong’s de facto central bank cut the city’s base rate for the first time this year, bringing…

EEconomy

September 17, 2025

This is a comparison of Wednesday’s Federal Open Market Committee statement with the one issued after the Fed’s previous policymaking meeting in July.…

Top economists and Jerome Powell agree that Gen Z’s hiring nightmare is real—and it’s not about AI eating entry-level jobs

Key US Inflation Metric to Ease as Focus Shifts to Jobs Market

Stock market records, Fed rate cut, trades, and new iPhones

Is the job market as balanced as it seems?

Nikkei 225, Kospi, Bank of Japan

Federal Reserve Predicts High Inflation Will Persist for More than Seven Years Post-Pandemic

Asian markets fluctuate after US Fed rate cut, investors eye future moves

Stock market today: Live updates

‘The supply of workers has obviously come way down’

‘Unusually large amounts of economic activity’

Hong Kong matches US Fed’s first rate cut of 2025, in boon for mortgage borrowers, economy

What changed in the new statement