By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits ...

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Unemployment among IT specialists is rising, demand falling. Yet, a shortage exists. How do these facts align? An ...

While the U.S. labor market remains strong, employers and workers face significant regulatory and fiscal headwinds. Small businesses report that inflation and labor quality and costs are their most ...

Why job seekers feel the slowdown: Beige Book shows “low-hire, low-fire” trends, AI limiting new roles, before a 2026 rebound ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The American job market is deteriorating -- ever so slowly. It’s not showing up as widespread layoffs. The unemployment rate is still low. It’s subtler than that: New college ...

An unsettled labor market is usually an indication of a troubled economy. In fact, a rapidly increasing unemployment rate characterizes the start of recessions. Therefore, a timely and accurate ...

A new report by Goldman Sachs examining how President Donald Trump's tariffs will impact the labor market found that while it may spur a rise in manufacturing employment, job losses in other ...

State-level unemployment claims can provide a real-time measure of national labor market conditions and the overall state of the economy. A rapid and widespread buildup of stress in state labor ...

Reorganizations and layoffs have often made headlines in recent weeks, including trade union CNV warning that thousands of ...