The US economy added 164,000 jobs in July, in line with expectations and the rate of growth over the last quarter. That's a healthy number, considering the economy has been expanding for more than a decade.
The job market may be cooling off, but it probably eked out another respectable month of job growth in July after a surprisingly strong June.
American consumers are powering the US economy, even as it slowed slightly in the second quarter.
The U.S. government just jacked up the price of investing your way to permanent residency. By a lot.
Nearly seven years ago, a week after Black Friday, a few dozen workers walked off their New York City fast food jobs to demonstrate for higher pay. The median wage for fast food workers was $9 an hour, CNN reported at the time. The demand that would soon emerge as the movement's rallying cry — $15 and a union — seemed hopelessly ambitious, like a wild-eyed opening bid.
The US economy added 224,000 jobs in June, a strong comeback for the labor market after a disappointing May.
It's official: We're now living in America's longest-ever economic expansion on record. But the rapid job growth of the past two years seems to be cooling off.
As the United States nears its longest economic expansion on record, it's tempting to proclaim that all the problems brought about by the Great Recession have been fixed.
A key indicator of the health of the manufacturing sector tanked in June, suggesting that business sentiment around new tariffs is starting to bite.
The US economy is setting all kinds of records this year, and one of them is the length of time the federal minimum wage has gone without an increase.
Joe Biden jumped into the debate over corporate taxes with a jab at Amazon on Thursday, and Amazon jabbed back.
Before Friday morning's jobs report, analysts had been expecting another healthy month for the labor market — projecting that employers added 185,000 jobs to their payrolls in May. But the report turned out to be a flop, coming in at only 75,000 jobs.
The US economy added only 75,000 jobs in May, a surprisingly low number that was well below what experts had predicted.
Amazon shareholders have been a remarkably tolerant bunch over the years, sitting idly by while the company plowed nearly all its revenues back into expanding the business, submitting few if any resolutions each year for the proxy ballot.
The economic mood in the United States has changed quickly over the past six months. At the end of last year, the stock market suffered a steep decline, consumer spending tanked, and economists were forecasting a recession around the corner.
The US economy grew at a better-than-expected rate in the first quarter, the Commerce Department reported Friday. The top-line number is a pleasant surprise in a quarter marked by a government shutdown, severe weather, Boeing's troubles with the 737 Max, fears of an escalating trade war and the gradual fading of fiscal stimulus from tax cuts.
Climate change is having a serious impact on economic growth across the world — and it's worse for poor countries that already had a lot of catching up to do, according to a new study.
The economy may be slowing down, but as of December, it was still a very good time to look for a job.
The US economy added 304,000 jobs in January, a surprisingly strong month of hiring as employers continue to bring in new workers.
The January jobs report is due out on Friday, and the longest government shutdown in history has left experts guessing what the numbers will look like.
The government may be back open for business, but the effect of the shutdown will impact economic growth for the rest of year, the Congressional Budget Office said in a report released Monday.
Americans are getting nervous.
None of the 21 government shutdowns since 1976 made a real dent in the economy — purchases were simply delayed until the government re-opened and federal workers regained their lost wages.
Regardless of how well the American economy is doing, the January jobs report might be ugly.
