U.S. employers added 73,000 jobs in July, lower than expected, while the unemployment rate ticked higher to 4.2%.

The two Federal Reserve governors who favored an interest rate cut at the U.S. central bank's policy meeting this week said ...

Traders in the federal-funds futures market were pricing in on Friday a greater chance that the Federal Reserve cuts its benchmark interest rate in September, as they assessed a softer-than-expected U ...

Unlike most labor market data that is subject to revision or based on surveys, the tax data is real-world data that covers the vast majority of workers. Still, the tax receipts can be a bit lumpy and ...

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The central bank this week kept interest rates steady for a fifth-straight meeting, prompting the first double dissent from ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has held the Fed's benchmark rate for overnight loans constant this year, saying that Fed ...

Job growth missed the forecast of 106,000 in July, and unemployment rose from 4.1% to 4.2%.

Stock futures moved sharply lower Friday morning as investors reacted to news that the U.S. plans to impose higher tariffs on ...

The new tariff rates came before an Aug. 1 deadline Trump gave about 180 countries to either reach trade deals or face higher ...

The two dissenters from the Federal Reserve's decision to hold policy steady both said they wanted lower rates because of concerns about the labor market. Fed Vice Chair Michelle Bowman said the labor ...