Economy

October Surprise: The September Jobs Report Is Flattered by BLS Adjustments Surprise, surprise. September’s jobs report shows a 254,000 increase in employment, and once again, it appears the real action...

Employers in the United States added 254,000 workers to their payrolls in September, the Department of Labor said Friday, and the unemployment rate dipped to 4.1 percent. Economists had been...

Employers added 254,000 jobs in September, blowing away forecasts and reversing a slowdown in hiring that had prompted the Federal Reserve to make a jumbo rate cut at its meeting...

Sweeping Western sanctions against Russia have isolated its economy so much that it now relies on the Chinese yuan for its reserves. Russia’s isolation has also worried China — whose...

Friday’s jobs report is expected to show another relatively healthy month of payroll gains, alongside a stable unemployment rate. But for anyone looking for a new job, the situation has...

Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz lead the EU’s two biggest economies, sharing a 280-mile border. But when it comes to protecting Europe from global threats, these neighbors may as well...

More than 45,000 striking port workers at docks from Maine to Texas have suspended their strike until January 15, 2025, and will return to work on Friday while contract negotiations...

The legal whiplash continues for millions of student-loan borrowers. On Thursday, Judge Matthew Schelp of the Eastern District of Missouri, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump, placed a...

U.S. stocks are drifting Thursday as crude oil prices continue to climb and signals suggest the economy remains solid. The S&P 500 was 0.4% lower in midday trading after flipping...

Argentina’s President Javier Milei has followed through on his threat to slash university funding, despite an uproar by students and educators. Millei officially vetoed a law that would guarantee more...