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Keep an eye on the unemployment rate in July's jobs report
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell repeatedly described the labor market as solid and balanced at his press conference on ...
Here comes the July jobs report. The unemployment rate is the ‘main number you have to look at now,’ Fed’s Powell says.
The Federal Reserve won’t cut interest rates until it sees how inflation and job creation respond to higher tariffs. The next ...
Jobs Report: Here’s How Unemployment Has Trended in Recent Years
Today's jobs report is expected to show the unemployment rate inched higher in July to 4.2%, from 4.1% in June. Ahead of the ...
July Jobs Report: Labor Market Momentum Unravels As Revisions Reveal A Weaker Q2
The July jobs report reveals a sharp hiring deceleration with major downward revisions to previous months. Click here to read ...
Black unemployment is rising—critics say Trump’s ‘Black jobs’ promise was a lie
Just like the workers on his construction projects, Donald Trump wrote the Black community a bad check during the campaign,” ...
Slow US job gains expected in July; unemployment rate forecast rising to 4.2%
U.S. job growth likely slowed in July, with the unemployment rate forecast rising back to 4.2%, but that probably would be ...
Weak Jobs Report Raises Chances of a September Interest Rate Cut
The Federal Reserve held rates steady in July but two governors dissented, saying they had concerns about labor market ...
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Sour jobs report adds pressure onto the Federal Reserve to cut rates in September
Last week’s surprisingly poor jobs report and massive downward revisions to previous months’ data have spurred renewed ...
The jobs report that enraged Trump was flashing a recession warning sign
The bad news in last Friday’s jobs report may have been overshadowed when President Donald Trump fired the commissioner in ...