The US economy underperformed expectations in April, adding only 175,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in that month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The news comes as the Federal Reserve seeks to ...
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.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. worker productivity growth slowed sharply in the first quarter, resulting in a surge in labor costs, but the trend in productivity remained solid. Nonfarm productivity ...
Fed officials are watching labor trends as they contemplate when to cut rates. But different measures are telling different ...
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US hiring slows more than expected in sign of cooler market ... US job growth was markedly below analyst expectations in ...
U.S. economic growth likely slowed to a still-solid pace in the first quarter while inflation accelerated, reinforcing ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. labor costs increased more than expected in the first quarter amid a rise in wages and benefits, confirming the surge in inflation early in the year that will likely ...
The possibility that the U.S. economy could enter a period of stagflation came into focus Thursday as the quarterly GDP ...
WASHINGTON — The nation’s employers pulled back on their hiring in April but still added a decent 175,000 jobs in a sign that persistently high interest rates may be starting to slow the ...
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, ...
US stock markets plunged amid fears of stagflation in the American economy, which grew at its slowest pace in nearly two ...