Employers added 353,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department reported Friday. That was the strongest in a year and nearly double what economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal …

Aug 28, 2024 · Banks and research firms that serve hedge funds managed to confirm a closely watched economic data point last week as much as 20 minutes before the data was posted …

Sep 4, 2024 · Labor Department data showed that U.S. job openings fell to a three-and-a-half-year low in July, indicating continued easing of labor market tightness that could strengthen …

Aug 23, 2024 · Wall Street analysts ripped the federal government after it issued the largest downward revision of jobs data in 15 years this week — and botched the release in the …

Aug 21, 2024 · For more than half an hour on Wednesday morning, economists and investors were stuck repeatedly refreshing their browsers, looking for a delayed report on the U.S. job …

Jan 5, 2024 · On Friday, Wall Street parsed a hotter-than-expected labor report that showed the US economy added 216,000 jobs in December, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data, …

Compared with the still-official numbers, employers might have added 818,000 fewer jobs in the 12 months through March, the Labor Department said.

Aug 29, 2024 · A technical issue prevented the data, which showed a large downward revision to job growth in 2023 and early 2024, from publishing on the agency’s website at 10 a.m. as …

Sep 1, 2023 · The US economy added 187,000 jobs last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Wall Street ended the day mostly higher, on hopes that the Federal Reserve would …

The report from the Labor Department released on Friday showed U.S. employers added 114,000 jobs, a sharp drop from the 179,000 jobs posted in June.