U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell to their lowest level in nearly a year last week, pointing to a still healthy labor market with historically low layoffs.
The central bank has lowered its policy rate by 100 basis points since launching its ... adjusted household survey data, from ...
The unemployment rate is currently at 4.2%, not high by historic standards but above the 50-year low of 3.4% it hit last year. Unemployment is a bit more common than it was a year ago, and ...
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week, but layoffs remain historically low and the job ...
The Federal Reserve's sharp 1/2 point reduction in a key U.S. interest rate in September was driven in part by the unemployment rate rising to a post-pandemic high of 4.3% in July from a cycle low of ...