Government shutdown halts BLS unemployment data, but alternative indicators reveal mixed labor trends as stock markets rally.

The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased marginally during the last week of ...

About the author: Marcello Estevão is the managing director and chief economist at the Institute of International Finance. He ...

The Humboldt County unemployment rate dipped to 5.8% in August, down from a revised 6.1% in July, according to data released friday by the Employment Development Department. There was a gain of 300 ...

Indiana’s unemployment rate stands at 3.6 percent for the month of August — the same it’s been since June. Indiana’s unemployment rate continued to outperform the national rate for the sixth month in ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT) - Arkansas’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate ticked up slightly during the month of August. The Arkansas Department of Commerce, in conjunction with the Bureau of Labor ...

Is Donald Trump a staunch capitalist, a secret socialist, a blend of the two, or none of the above? Depending on the day, it’s hard to tell. Some of his initiatives are pure Ronald Reagan, such as his ...

The Federal Reserve is now seen as likely to cut interest rates multiple times before the end of the year, following another weak jobs report that showed unemployment jumping to a four-year high. The ...

August, which is heralded as Black Business Month, should have been a time to celebrate the Black labor force. But last month’s jobs report showed unemployment rates increased for Black workers — and ...

The U.S. unemployment rate for August increased to 4.3% from the previous 4.2%, marking a 0.1 percentage point rise. This uptick indicates a slight softening in the labor market compared to the prior ...

The economy added a skimpy 22,000 new jobs in August and the unemployment rate rose to a nearly four-year high, underscoring the increasing fragility of the U.S. labor market. The fourth subpar ...