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For Black women, 20 years and older, the unemployment rate during July was 6.3%, according to the bureau’s July report. This ...
Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day. President Donald Trump plans to announce a new ...
A dismal U.S. jobs report sent the S&P 500 tumbling to its steepest intraday loss in more than two months on Friday, with ...
The rush into Treasuries on Friday — which also came amid a sharp slump in stocks and other risk assets — marked an abrupt ...
The broader picture shows 7.2 million Americans unemployed in July, with the national unemployment rate rising to 4.2%. While this matches economists’ forecasts, the underlying weakness in job ...
Shares in Asia have mostly advanced after Wall Street had its worst day since May following the release of weak U.S. jobs ...
Massive downward jobs revisions have raised labor market concerns. As a result, interest rates plunged, gold shot higher, and of course, stocks got hammered. Read more ...
The Bank of England is expected to lower its key interest rate for a fifth time Thursday, sticking to a cautious removal of the restraints it has placed on the economy at a time when inflation remains ...
The economy added just 73,000 jobs in July, according to the Labor Department, well below the expectations of economists surveyed.
William Beach, who was Trump’s first-term Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, called the firing “baseless” and “damaging” in a letter co-signed by Erica Groshen, who preceded Beach and was ...
Wall Street was on track to open with gains on following Friday’s sell-off that was triggered by fears of a slowing economy ...
Global stocks rose on Monday, boosted by the prospect of lower interest rates, after a weak U.S. jobs report prompted a ...