Tag: Labor Department
U.S. employers added a surprisingly strong 178K jobs in March
WASHINGTON (AP) – American employers added a surprisingly strong 178,000 new jobs last month, rebounding from a dismal February. And the unemployment rate dipped...
Job openings slide to 6.9M in February, another hint of sluggish...
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. job openings fell last month to 6.9 million and hiring was weak, more signs of sluggishness in the American labor...
U.S. filings for jobless aid tick up 210K from last week
WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of Americans applying for jobless aid inched up last week as employers continue to retain workers despite a labor...
It’s a bad time to hunt for new jobs, most U.S....
WASHINGTON (AP) – Americans' outlook on the job market has turned increasingly pessimistic, a surprisingly negative shift given the low unemployment rate but one that...
U.S. producer prices rose by a surprisingly hot 3.4% last month,...
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. wholesale prices came in hotter than expected in February.
The Labor Department reported Wednesday that its producer price index – which...
U.S. January wholesale prices arrive hotter than expected
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. wholesale prices came in hotter than expected last month.
The Labor Department reported Friday that its producer price index, which...
U.S. adds surprising 13K jobs last month yet revisions cut hundreds...
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. employers added a surprisingly strong 130,000 jobs last month, but government revisions cut 2024-2025 U.S. payrolls by hundreds of thousands.
The unemployment...
U.S. weekly applications for jobless benefits jump by 22,000, the most...
WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits jumped last week but remains in the same historically low range of the...
U.S. producer prices rose 0.5% in December, more than expected, on...
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. wholesale prices rose a hotter-than-expected 0.5% in December.
The Labor Department reported Friday that its producer price index – which measures inflation before it hits...
Producer prices rise a mild 0.2% in November, government says in...
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. wholesale prices rose modestly in November, the government said in a report delayed by the federal government shutdown.
The Labor Department...



















