The Labor Market’s Weak Spot: Jobs Making Stuff
Signs that the trade war may be taking a toll, with more trouble ahead.
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Market Snapshot: Stocks extend tariff-inspired decline after July jobs report
Stocks open lower after July jobs data on Friday, extending a selloff for equities triggered the previous session by Pre...
U.S. Added 164,000 Jobs in July; Unemployment Rate at 3.7 Percent
The figures suggest the economy is cooling but not as much as many analysts had feared a few months ago.
Whiting Petroleum cuts 254 jobs
Whiting Petroleum said on Wednesday it has reduced its workforce by 33%, or 254 jobs, as the oil and gas producer looks...
Amazon offers its workers $10K if they quit their jobs — and start their own delivery services
Successful delivery service operators can make $75,000 to $300,000 in profits, the online retail giant says.
Here are the best and worst jobs of 2019
A new annual report ranks more than 200 jobs based on salary, anticipated growth, stress and work environment.
Market Snapshot: Dow jumps 200 points, S&P 500 flirts with record after April jobs report
Stock benchmarks head solidly higher Friday afternoon, with the broad-market equity index trading around record territor...
The Economy That Wasn’t Supposed to Happen: Booming Jobs, Low Inflation
Maybe using data from a few decades in the middle of the 20th century to set policy in the 21st isn’t such a good idea.
What You Need to Know About the Jobs Report
The figures may change from month to month, but the way the Labor Department compiles its employment report does not. He...
Capitol Report: The jobs report might be incredibly strong for an unusual reason
The April jobs report could be unusually strong, in a way that doesn’t say much about the underlying health of the U.S....
Market Snapshot: Stock-index futures edge higher ahead of April jobs report
Stock-index futures post modest gains ahead of April jobs data that might call the tune for stocks and broader markets o...
April Jobs Report: Here’s What to Watch For
Analysts expect the figures to show strong hiring, as fears of a slowdown have faded and many economic indicators have r...
Shares claw higher before U.S. jobs data, oil sinks again
World stocks were battling to avoid their first weekly fall in six weeks on Friday, as investors waited to see whether k...
Manufacturing Can’t Create Enough Jobs. Infrastructure Can.
Automation and offshoring have replaced many laborers on American assembly lines, but signature public works projects co...
Economic View: Manufacturing Can’t Create Enough Jobs. Infrastructure Can.
Automation and offshoring have replaced many laborers on American assembly lines, but signature public works projects co...
Economic Preview: Wall Street forecasts fusillade of 200,000-plus new jobs in April. Here’s what to watch
The U.S. economy is being powered by the most muscular labor market in arguably 50 years and it’s unlikely to diminish m...
Where the Good Jobs Are
For people without a college degree, finding work that offers decent pay can be a challenge. The solution may require a...
As Hollywood Embraces Diversity, Jobs for Female Directors Remain Sparse
After years of being called to task for sidelining female filmmakers, studios as a whole continue to rely overwhelmingly...
Tim Mullaney: The jobs report nails it: It’s a slowdown, not a recession
The jobs report tells us that the economy is actually pretty close to where we want it to be, writes Tim Mullaney.
Bond Report: Treasury yields rise ahead of key jobs report
Treasury yields rose Friday as traders brace for the all-important jobs report that could reveal the strength of the U.S...