U.S. applications for jobless benefits held steady last week as layoffs remain low despite uncertainty over how President ...

From fewer job openings to smaller raises, all the signs point to a higher unemployment rate and a weaker job market.

How big of a problem is inflation compared to other periods of American history? Truthfully, though it may feel like cost of ...

From tax cuts and increases to federal aid, a president's economic policies can affect many aspects of the economy, including the unemployment rate. The unemployment rate is viewed as an indicator not ...

U.S. job growth slowed marginally in April and employers continued to hoard workers, but the outlook for the labor market is increasingly darkening as President Donald Trump's protectionist trade ...

The unemployment rate remained at a low 4.2 percent, the Labor Department reported Friday. President Donald Trump’s aggressive and unpredictable policies – including massive import taxes – have ...

The following charts illustrate the turbulence caused by his erratic ... Those who rule it out point to figures like a robust labor market, where the unemployment rate is just 4.2%. When the world’s ...

Though President Trump’s April 9 announcement ... recession as mild because the duration was short, the chart shows that it took Black workers over three and a half years to experience declining ...

The changed consensus in The Wall Street Journal’s quarterly survey reflects President Trump’s trade ... The following charts unpack economists’ forecasts in four key indicators—and ...

Meanwhile, unemployment rose marginally in 2024, and several countries got a breather after US President Donald Trump temporarily paused the reciprocal tariffs announced last week. The RBI has cut ...

Unemployment is beginning to rise once again ... He is also the only recent president to create a government budget surplus. Bush’s first actions when becoming president were to pass tax ...

Economists had forecast 160,000 jobs were added in February and that the unemployment ... like a price chart or like an earnings forecast — it is what the president wants to do,” he said.