There’s something different about the feel of the economic data of late. Inflation is slowing. The jobs market is not exactly on fire, but companies also are not laying off workers, as the decline in ...

May jobs report likely to show steady hiring and low unemployment Young job seekers attend a small business summit and job fair in Chicago. The worst time to find a job since the pandemic might be ...

January employment report and CPI could set the stage for future Fed interest-rate cuts Investors are awaiting Wednesday's release of the January jobs report and consumer-price index. A wobbling U.S.

Stock-market investors are less worried about tariff-driven scares than they were nearly a year ago, and this more confident approach toward trade developments is being accompanied by a focus on ...

A wobbling U.S. jobs market was the Federal Reserve’s biggest worry last fall. Now the focus appears to have shifted back to stubborn inflation. Investors will get twin reports this week on employment ...