Democrats dig in on health care as threat of government shutdown looms
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to reporters as Senate Democratic leaders hold a press conference…
Labor Department watchdog probes jobs, inflation data
Erin Scott/Bloomberg via Getty Images The Labor Department’s internal watchdog said Wednesday it has opened an investigation into…
Not just China. Peak season trade bound for US slows to a crawl
A top loader moves a container at the Fenix Marine Services terminal at the Port of Los Angeles…
Retirement will ‘take a miracle’ for 21%, Natixis survey finds
Helovi | E+ | Getty Images Americans are feeling more optimistic when it comes to retirement. Just 21%…
Top analyst says you weren’t crazy for thinking the economy felt worse than it looked the last 3 years. The ‘rolling recession’ just ended
Economic headlines have been grim recently. The jobs report from July shattered the narrative that the economy of…
Treasury Secretary Brushes Off Warnings of U.S. Jobs Recession
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent pushed back Sunday against growing concerns that the U.S. economy is sliding toward a…
US economic activity, employment little changed in recent weeks, Fed says
U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference at the headquarters of the Federal…
‘Recession Specials’ Are Making a Comeback
Echoing promotional tactics employed during the Great Recession from 2007-2009, a number of companies have brought back recession-focused…
Update on Payroll Employment Gains Data Revisions
The latest revisions to monthly payroll employment data issued in August by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)…
NIH funding and local employment
Funding levels for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have come under scrutiny since President Trump took office…
Tracking Labor Market Stress – San Francisco Fed
The labor market is an important barometer of overall economic health. Rapid increases in the unemployment rate are…
Working longer may not fix your retirement, economists say
As Americans live longer and worry about outlasting their money in retirement, a growing number are counting on…