New unemployment claims were filed by the fewest Americans in over three years last week, far fewer than economists had been expecting. There were 191,000 initial claims for unemployment benefits in the week that included Thanksgiving, the Department of Labor
Payrolls at U.S. businesses shrank by 32,000 jobs in November, according to payroll processor ADP, highlighting concerns about the health of the labor market. This was the largest monthly job loss since early 2023, according to ADP data. “Hiring has
The company that makes brands such as Sharpie, Mr. Coffee, Yankee Candle, and Graco said Monday it will slim its workforce to be more competitive.
On NewsNation on Friday, former Trump Economic Adviser Stephen Moore praised the current economy and expressed confidence for things going forward into 2026, but stated that “it is true that the job market has softened.” Moore began by saying that
The better-than-expected jobs report released Thursday shows that the Trump administration’s economic policies are working, Vice President JD Vance said.
More than twice as many as expected.
Millions of native-born Americans at their prime working age remain out of the nation’s labor market, new analysis details.
The hemp industry is gearing up for a lobbying effort following a provision in the recent government funding package meant to stop the sale of intoxicating hemp products but could inadvertently destroy a legitimate $28 billion industry and kill 300,000 American jobs.
An online post from Indian National Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh, combined with new business analysis in India, is spotlighting how Sen. Bernie Moreno’s Halting International Relocation of Employment Act could significantly affect India’s technology-services economy if enacted.
Notably, the data shows no evidence of a sudden slump or worsening in October. The month’s decline of approximately 1.6 points is consistent with the 1-to-2-point monthly decreases observed since the 2022 peak.
During a portion of an interview aired on Thursday’s “PBS NewsHour,” Democratic Virginia gubernatorial candidate former Rep. Abigail Spanberger responded to the prospect of working with President Donald Trump on job creation by saying that “you don’t work with the
DHS is ending a policy that automatically extended work permits for millions of migrants in the United States.
A recent survey from Monster reveals a disturbing trend in the American workforce: an increasing number of employees say they are facing toxic work environments, with detrimental effects on their mental health.
College degrees are not offering first-time job seekers the same opportunities they once did, according to new data.
While the government shutdown has captured the attention of the denizens of the nation’s capital, the actual financial capital and labor of the U.S. is likely to proceed as if nothing much has changed.
The Labor Department said it would suspend publication of the monthly jobs report and other major economic data if the government shuts down, including the Consumer Price Index and Producer Price Index, cutting off critical information for businesses, investors and
Teamsters President Sean M. O’Brien is throwing his support behind a plan from Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) that would hugely increase penalties for company executives who hire illegal aliens for American jobs, including prison sentences.
The Trump administration’s immigration restrictions are set to deliver roughly $700 in additional annual income to the typical American household by 2028.
Welcome to the inaugural Friday Wrap, our weekly survey of the economy, Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and the bureaucrats who pretend they can read the future by staring at spreadsheets.
For two years in a row, the cheerleaders of Bidenomics assured us that any discontent was in our heads—a trick of bad vibes and social media. It turns out the voters were right, and the official statistics were wrong.
The White House underscored that the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) downward revisions of 911,000 jobs from April 2024 to March 2025 show the failures of the Biden administration, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, and the BLS itself.
The U.S. economy added nearly a million fewer jobs in the year through March 2025 than previously reported, according to preliminary figures released Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The revision, the largest on record, suggests job growth during
On Friday’s edition of NBC’s “Meet the Press Now,” White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett stated that “when we’re looking at all of the indicators, it’s looking like things are running very smoothly and that the economy is
The number of foreign-born workers in the United States has declined by nearly one million since President Donald Trump took office in January, reversing a trend that had driven much of the country’s job growth in 2024, according to Labor
The U.S. economy added 22,000 jobs in August, the Labor Department reported Friday, as the unemployment rate edged up to 4.3 percent—figures that come amid growing questions about the reliability of the government’s closely watched monthly employment data.
ADP report shows hiring momentum slowing as leisure sector drives modest job gains.
The most important development for reading employment data isn’t coming from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It’s coming from immigration policy.
The latest Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report for July shows all job gains are going to native-born Americans rather than foreign workers, President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reports.
MAIDENS, South Ayrshire, Scotland — President Donald Trump told Breitbart News concerns over entry-level job losses due to the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) are misplaced, and there will be a surge in new jobs meant to build out the AI future.
On Friday’s “CNN News Central,” White House Council of Economic Advisers Chair Stephen Miran said that one factor in the jobs numbers is that there was uncertainty around tariffs and the reconciliation bill, but the tariff uncertainty is “resolved in
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) stated that tariff uncertainty is “holding our economy back a tad” but “we haven’t seen any real ill effects.” And the Federal Reserve “deserves a lot
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Bottom Line,” former Trump Economic Adviser Stephen Moore stated that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell keeping rates too high has hurt the economy and “some of the tariff turmoil that we saw…really
The July jobs report was a disaster for the American worker, the U.S. economy, the Federal Reserve, and Jerome Powell.
The labor market appears to be far weaker than previously thought, with huge downward revisions to May and June, losses in manufacturing, and a rising unemployment rate.
There have been major shake-ups at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in recent days as President Donald Trump’s administration makes changes.
The DOJ has fined a Mississippi-based company for favoring foreign workers on H-2A visas over American job applicants.
Native-born Americans account for 100 percent of the nation’s job gains since January, when President Donald Trump took office, the Labor Department revealed.
President Donald Trump is growing the nation’s workforce by filling open jobs with native-born Americans, rather than importing more migrants to take such work, Bureau of Labor Statistics data reveals.
Strip away the noise and the June jobs report tells a clear story. The economy is still adding jobs. But it’s doing so in a new way.
One-third of new entry-level job openings in Britain have been slashed since the introduction of OpenAI’s large language model, ChatGPT, according to figures from a leading job search site.
