Small businesses are an early indicator of labor-market health, and one economist sees worrying signs as hiring intentions fall.

The jobs report for February follows a big drop in consumer confidence at the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, as well as growing concern about the economic toll of an accelerating ...

While filings remain at historic lows, the uptick in unemployment claims from last week could point to a slowing labor market ...

U.S. employers slowed hiring last month, but still added a solid 139,000 jobs amid uncertainty over Trump’s trade wars.

The long-resilient labor market slowed down a little in May, adding 139,000 jobs, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Friday.

The labor market held up better ... A report by ADP earlier this week, on private-sector hiring, had shown a surprisingly steep slowdown.

The number of new jobless claims is still quite low, as is the rate of layoffs, government data show. The unemployment rate has also been stuck between 4.0% and 4.2% for the past year, an extremely ...

Markets brace for the upcoming nonfarm payrolls report as new labor data signals a potential economic slowdown. What should ...

This marked shift stands in stark contrast to what happened in April 2025, when Treasury yields surged due to very different market forces. At that time, the 10-year yield had risen to 4.595%, its ...