January jobs report: Healthy labor market expected, but revisions bear watching
Economists are expecting an overall healthy reading, with 169,000 net new jobs created in the month and the unemployment rate holding steady at 4.1%. The January report includes annual benchmark revisions and updates to models that could affect the data.
Job creation in January expected to slow, painting weaker picture of labor market
The January jobs report, to be released Friday morning by the Labor Department, will provide the first look at employment in 2025.
Nonfarm payrolls number expected to show 'still healthy' labor market in January
The January nonfarm payrolls report is expected to continue the narrative of a still healthy labor market, "cooling, but still pretty warm," as Daniel Doderer, an economist and research director at Flack Global Metals,
Jobs Report Will Offer a First Look at the 2025 Labor Market
Economists forecast a steady pace of hiring, slightly dampened by fires and cold snaps and clouded by annual data adjustments.
Jobless claims rise slightly, but no sign of trouble brewing in labor market
The number of people who applied for unemployment benefits in early February rose slightly, but they remained at very low levels in a sign the labor market is still quite healthy.
US weekly jobless claims rise marginally
The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased moderately last week, consistent with gradually easing labor market conditions. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose 11,
US applications for jobless benefits rise to 219,000 last week, though labor market remains healthy
US applications for jobless benefits rise to 219,000 last week, though labor market remains healthy.
Initial jobless claims are low, but ‘slow bleed’ in labor market continues
Thursday’s report on initial jobless claims shows they remain low, yet “the slow bleed in the labor market appears to be continuing,” according to Renaissance Macro Research’s Neil Dutta. The Department of Labor said Thursday that initial jobless claims rose 11,
Trump inherits a labor market at full employment. Can he keep it there?
Defying fears of a pandemic-driven Great Depression and bucking Federal Reserve interest rate hikes as well, the U.S. job ...
US job market likely began the year strong, but faces cloudier future
When the Labor Department releases January employment numbers, they’re likely to show decent, but unspectacular, job growth ...
The biggest factor that could break the stable labor market: Morning Brief
In a labor market driven by consumer-led sectors, a resurgence in inflation could be the largest looming risk to the health ...
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Why the labor market is “standing over a cliff”
The low hiring rate shows the labor market is "standing over a cliff," says Kathryn Anne Edwards. Per JOLTS, openings ...
Dallas Fed's Logan signals rate cuts require US labor market cooling
Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Lorie Logan on Thursday signaled she was ready to keep interest rates on hold for ...
Solid Labor Market Gives Fed Cover to Extend Rate Pause
Across a number of metrics, the labor market looks remarkably stable even as it has cooled. Monthly jobs growth has stayed solid and the unemployment rate has barely budged from its current level of 4 ...
ADP says 183,000 private-sector jobs created in January. Labor market in pretty good shape.
The numbers: U.S. businesses created a solid 183,000 new jobs in January, paycheck company ADP said, in a sign a cooling ...
US job openings fall to 7.6 million in December, suggesting the job market is slowing but healthy
U.S. job openings fell in December, a sign that the labor market is cooling but still healthy. Openings fell to 7.6 million, ...