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The U.S. labor market rebounded in March as employers added 178,000 jobs, well above the 60,000 predicted by economists. The unemployment rate declined slightly to 4.3%, slightly better than ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Labor Department, citing the partial federal government shutdown, said Monday that it will not release the January jobs report on Friday as scheduled. In a statement, the ...

Employers across the U.S. added 50,000 jobs in December, capping a year of muted job growth that saw employers pull back on hiring amid economic uncertainty. The monthly job gains were below the ...

The impasse in Congress over funding has delayed a closely-watched report on the labor market for the second month in a row. Without that official jobs tally, the available signals are mixed. This ...

February’s jobs report reveals a sharp loss of labor market momentum, with nonfarm payrolls falling by -92,000, the weakest since October 2025. Both private and public sectors experienced broad-based ...

December’s Jobs Report did little to temper concerns of a weakening labor market. Despite a usual holiday bump in hiring, the labor market only added 50,000 jobs, after losing another 76,000 jobs in ...