Markets continue to price in over two cuts in 2026, betting that labor-market softness will outweigh lingering inflation ...

U.S. labor costs increased slightly less than expected in the third quarter as a softening labor market curbed wage growth, ...

The labor market report stated that while the unemployment rate inched up, non-farm payroll increases were firm. Click here ...

The Federal Reserve announced its third straight interest rate cut following its December meeting amid concerns about slowing ...

Gold price (XAU/USD) extends its upside to near seven-week highs above $4,300 during the Asian trading hours on Wednesday. The precious metal gains momentum as the US labor market remains relatively ...

The labor market weakened significantly in August, as only 22,000 jobs were added, barely a third of what had been expected, the Labor Department said on Friday. Economists had forecast a gain of ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday said that the economy continues to see a softening of the labor market despite the government shutdown delaying the release of official jobs and ...

(Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook said she sees the risk of further labor-market weakness as greater than the risk that inflation will pick up, but stopped short of endorsing another ...

The big economic news of the week was the +272K rise in Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) (released on Friday, June 7). Expectations were for a number in the +180K range, so, a pretty big beat. Another data ...

US stocks edged higher on Wednesday after new labor market figures strengthened bets on another rate cut at the Federal Reserve’s final meeting of 2025. A softe ...

Labor Day is a federal holiday in the United States, celebrated on the first Monday of September each year. This holiday honors the contributions of American workers and the labor movement, ...

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