Long-term unemployment in US surges to 1.9 million as job openings dry up
Graph showing recent rise of long-term unemployment [Photo: US Bureau of Labor Statistics] The number of long-term unemployed…
As U.S. jobs disappear, the Federal Reserve returns to rate cuts
It’s getting harder to find work in the United States. U.S. businesses added just 22,000 jobs from July…
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warns US economy is ‘weakening’ after jobs revision
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon claimed on Tuesday the US economy “is weakening” after the Labor Department slashed nearly…
The government’s next jobs report lands Friday. Here’s what to look for.
When President Trump last month fired the head of the federal bureau that produces the government’s monthly jobs…
The downsides of suspending the monthly jobs report
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Veterans Are Half as Likely as Nonveterans to Work in Leisure & Hospitality: OysterLink Analysis
New York, New York–(Newsfile Corp. – August 22, 2025) – The latest data by the Bureau of Labor…
DC unemployment rate is the highest in the US for the third straight month
WASHINGTON (AP) — The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Washington, D.C., was the highest in the nation for…
Coffee prices keep surging — and it’s likely to get worse
There’s no relief for coffee drinkers. Coffee prices spiked 14.5% in July from a year ago, data from…
Donald Trump’s War With Numbers
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has a simple solution when numbers are telling him something he does not want…
Wall Street frets about reliability of government data on eve of CPI
This week’s inflation data will be huge for markets, and not just for the numbers. Beneath the Bureau…
Bureau of Labor Statistics tells the US what’s up with the economy – Trump firing its top official may undercut trust in its data
Many financial and political analysts are trying to assess the impact of President Donald Trump’s decision to fire…
How Bureau of Labor Statistics reports influence U.S. economy
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases reports that can shift global markets and influence Federal Reserve interest…