U.S. job growth unexpectedly accelerated in December while the unemployment rate fell to 4.1% as the labor market ended the ...

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 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 ...

The monthly numbers beat forecasters' expectations of around 155,000 new jobs and 4.2% unemployment ... year-over-year price increases gave the Fed enough confidence to cut rates three times in ...

The unemployment rate was ... The drop in year-over-year price increases gave the Fed enough confidence to cut rates three times in the last four months of 2024. But Fed officials signaled at ...