Tag: job market
Average rate on a 30-year mortgage falls to 6.20%, lowest level...
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. fell this week to its lowest level in 19 months, reflecting a pullback in...
U.S. hiring rebounds slightly and unemployment rate dips in sign of...
WASHINGTON (AP) – Hiring by America's employers picked up a bit in August from July's sluggish pace, and the unemployment rate dipped for the first...
Fed’s Powell highlights slowing job market in signal that rate cuts...
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Reserve faces a cooling job market as well as persistently high prices, Chair Jerome Powell said in testimony Tuesday,...
Consumer confidence in U.S. falls in June as Americans fret about...
American consumers lost some confidence in June as expectations over the near-term future fell again.
The Conference Board, a business research group, said Tuesday that...
U.S. employers added a robust 272K jobs in May
WASHINGTON (AP) – America's employers added a vigorous 272,000 jobs in May, accelerating from April and a sign that companies are still confident enough...
U.S. weekly jobless claims hit highest level since August of 2023
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits jumped to its highest level in more than eight months last week, another indication that the...
U.S. employers added a surprisingly robust 303K jobs in March in...
WASHINGTON (AP) – America's employers delivered another outpouring of jobs in March, adding a sizzling 303,000 workers to their payrolls and bolstering hopes that...
U.S. job openings rise modestly to 8.8M in February in strong...
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. job openings barely changed in February, staying at historically high levels in a sign that the American job market remains...
What recession? Professional forecasters raise expectations for U.S. economy in 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – This year looks to be a much better one for the U.S. economy than business economists were forecasting just a...
Retail sales rose 0.6% in December as a strong job market...
NEW YORK (AP) – Americans stepped up their spending even more than expected in December, closing out the holiday season and the year on...
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