Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news. Time to recap… Hiring in the US slowed in April with the workforce adding another 175,000 jobs and wage growth slowing. The news cheered ...
The US economy underperformed expectations as it added only 175,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in the month of April as the Federal ...
U.S. nonfarm payrolls increased by 175,000 last month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday, or the smallest gain in six months. Economists were looking for the addition of about 240,000 jobs.
Fed officials are watching labor trends as they contemplate when to cut rates. But different measures are telling different ...
US hiring slows more than expected in sign of cooler market ... US job growth was markedly below analyst expectations in ...
Job growth in the US cooled last month and the unemployment rate ticked higher, in a sign that some of the heat may be coming ...
Hong Kong stocks led a surge in Asian markets as China’s stepped-up efforts to boost the economy. The Hang Seng Index climbed as much as 2.2pc to put it on track for a ninth consecutive day of gains, ...
U.S. worker productivity may have eased in the year's first quarter. But momentum is still going strong--and companies are ...
U.S. economic growth likely slowed to a still-solid pace in the first quarter while inflation accelerated, reinforcing ...
US private sector activities slowed in April, with PMI at a 4-month low. Prices for goods and services rose at a slower pace, ...
The Federal Reserve voted to keep interest rates at a 23-year high as inflation has edged up and the labor market remains ...
"The US economic upturn lost momentum at the start of the second quarter," says S&P Global Market Intelligence's chief business economist. "Further pace may be lost in the coming months.