According to just about every significant economic indicator, including the December jobs numbers released Friday, the US economy is doing fine. Not great, mind you: Job growth stalled in 2025. But ...

The labor market kicked off 2026 with a bang: Job creation surged, and joblessness ticked down. But 2025 was slower than we thought. Why it matters: It points to the possibility that 2025 was the low ...

Thirty-two percent of business owners say they have jobs open that they can’t fill. And 27% cited labor quality as their single most important problem— the highest level since this time in 2021. The ...

Monday - Friday, 6:00 - 7:00 PM ET In a Friday interview with CNBC's Jim Cramer, Paychex CEO John Gibson was fairly positive about the labor market for smaller businesses. "What we continue to see is ...

The U.S. labor market is showing further signs of cooling, as the latest jobs report indicates that unemployment has risen to its highest level in four years. There was some good news as payrolls ...

The job market continues to show signs of cooling. U.S. employers added just 64,000 jobs in November, according to a delayed report from the Labor Department Tuesday, while the unemployment rate rose ...

December’s Jobs Report did little to temper concerns of a weakening labor market. Despite a usual holiday bump in hiring, the labor market only added 50,000 jobs, after losing another 76,000 jobs in ...

The Federal Reserve paused rate cuts, holding the federal funds rate at 3.50%-3.75%, marking a shift to a more neutral stance. Labor market risks have stabilized ...