Elsewhere, return-to-office mandates have stripped away flexible working arrangements for some employees. The rise of AI coupled with a slow-churn, anemic labor market has put the squeeze on ...

The jobless rate is at historic lows and certainly is an important economic barometer. But looking at the labor force participation rate might be a more telling story. That rate, which calculates the ...

Fed Chair Jerome Powell told economists that the sluggish labor market and tariff-induced inflation are persisting as ...

Understanding labor trends allows leaders to anticipate changes, optimize their hiring processes, tailor marketing efforts ...

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The August jobs report set two records that we need to talk about. Both involve the labor participation rate -- the share of the working-age population that has or seeks a job. First, men's ...

Aug. 15—Morgan and Limestone counties have among the highest labor participation rates of counties in the state and among the lowest unemployment rates, according to the most recent data released by ...

Historically, a low unemployment rate meant strong demand, tight labor markets, and rising inflation risks. But the playbook has changed. Identical rates may reflect a very different reality. A ...

CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s labor force participation rate peaked at 55% following an extreme drop following the COVID-19 pandemic, but a steady drop in both labor force participation and increases ...

Yesterday, I read an interesting report from Barclays Capital debunking a piece of conventional economic wisdom. American labor force participation — that is, the percentage of working-age persons who ...

The data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics also shows Indiana’s unemployment rate improved for a fifth month in a row, and remains better than the national rate. One measure of the strength ...

Connecticut employers added 700 jobs in July, while the jobs added in June were revised downward, according to a report released Monday by the state Department of Labor. The state’s unemployment rate ...