Countless private firms offer a read on the job market, consumers and the economy, but they can’t replace official government statistics.

The November jobs report is landing at an odd time – on a Tuesday in mid-December, instead of (what’s usually) the first Friday of the month – due to the lingering impact of the historically long ...

Addressing a meeting of McDonald’s restaurant owners, President Donald Trump distorted his predecessor’s record on employment, falsely claiming that government jobs were increasing while “real jobs” ...

The U.S. economy added 119,000 jobs in September, more than forecasters expected, while the unemployment rate rose to 4.4% from 4.3%. The report, which was delayed by last month's government shutdown, ...

Challenger, Gray, & Christmas see a jobs market hindered by softening consumer and corporate spending. The U.S. government shutdown has halted the official jobs report, although alternative data show ...

The amount of capital pouring into AI data center projects is staggering. Last week, Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon reported their 2025 capital expenditures would total roughly $370 billion, ...

The ongoing shutdown of major pieces of the federal government has meant missed paychecks for federal workers, no new loans from the Small Business Administration, no giant panda cam from the National ...

On Tuesday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey data for the month of April. It showed that the number of job openings ticked up to 7.4 million from 7.2 ...

Employers have grappled with high levels of uncertainty for the past six months, as concerns about the effects of tariffs, mass deportations, and stalled job creation stoked confusion and doubt about ...

Employment growth was essentially flat in September, according to data from investment giant Carlyle that seeks to fill in data gaps created by the government shutdown. To be sure, while Carlyle's ...