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More Americans filed unemployment claims last week than the week prior, but the labor market remains healthy and layoffs ...

U.S. job openings fell in December, a sign that the labor market is cooling but still healthy.

Thursday’s report on initial jobless claims shows they remain low, yet “the slow bleed in the labor market appears to be continuing,” according to Renaissance Macro Research’s Neil Dutta. The ...

The number of people who applied for unemployment benefits in early February rose slightly, but they remained at very low ...

U.S. labor costs rose marginally in the fourth quarter, offering some comfort to Federal Reserve officials after progress ...

US labor productivity advanced at a firm pace in the fourth quarter, capping another year marked by efficiency gains that ...

A report released by the Labor Department on Thursday showed U.S. labor productivity and unit labor costs both increased by less than ...

US labor cost growth cooled in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, reassuring Federal Reserve policymakers wage pressures are gradually diminishing and no longer a key driver of inflation. The ...

The yield on the 10-year Treasury slid on Wednesday as traders await ADP payroll data that would shed more light on the state ...

Trump compares Israel’s ‘tiny land’ in the Middle East to a pen on his desk US President Donald Trump compares Israel’s ‘tiny land’ in the Middle East to a pen on his desk. From a ...