The jobless rate held steady in May, but forecasts signal labor market weakness ahead, with inflation limiting Fed action.

However, if the Fed had access to more accurate data earlier, it might have held off on one of the interest-rate hikes it delivered in 2023 while potentially moving more quickly to cut borrowing costs ...

The chart of the day What we're watching What we're reading Economic data releases and earnings My safari hat has been on for a month in search of big-game inflation. I blame Walmart (WMT) CFO John ...

The labor market may show signs of cooling, but a mixed week of employment data — and a warm wage growth reading — shows that yet again, the Fed can afford to wait.

May employment data showed 139,000 jobs added, higher wages, and unemployment at 4.2%. But despite some asterisks to the ...

The Federal Reserve could still cut rates this year, even after the May employment report released on Friday was stronger than anticipated, according to BlackRock’s Rick Rieder. The U.S. economy ...

Economists say President Donald Trump's flip-flopping on import tariffs has hampered businesses' ability to plan ahead and hire more workers.

Unpredictable White House tariff rhetoric and its impact on currency markets, oil prices and the inflation outlook have put ...

Fed's Waller Highlights a Path to 2025 Rate Cuts; U.S. Jobs Data, ECB Policy Decision Eyed This Week By Vicky Ge Huang A short-lived bump in tariff-driven inflation could pass quickly enough to allow ...