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The shock jobs report sets off this recession alert and holds fresh clues that AI may be boosting unemployment, JPMorgan says

“We have consistently emphasized that a slide in labor demand of this magnitude is a recession warning signal,” JPMorgan ...

Here comes the July jobs report. The unemployment rate is the ‘main number you have to look at now,’ Fed’s Powell says.

The Federal Reserve won’t cut interest rates until it sees how inflation and job creation respond to higher tariffs. The next ...

Keep an eye on the unemployment rate in July's jobs report

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell repeatedly described the labor market as solid and balanced at his press conference on ...

Shock jobs report stirs recession fears: 5 takeaways

Employers added just 73,000 jobs in July and totals for May and June were revised down by a whopping 258,000. Here are 4 key takeaways.

Black unemployment under Trump reaches its highest rate since the pandemic. Here’s what it could mean

Black workers are often last hired, first fired,” said Angela Hanks, chief of policy programs of The Century Foundation. The ...

Job seekers say it's bleak out there — and now the data agrees

Job seekers told Business Insider they're not surprised by the latest jobs report, and that it's felt this bad for a while.

Jobs, GDP and more: This week told us a lot about the U.S. economy

Fewer jobs, growing GDP and continued uncertainty about tariffs. Here's how a busy week of economic news might lead to lower ...

How Trump's tariffs impact unemployment numbers

As President Trump's global tariffs took effect on Friday, the most recent jobs report numbers also showed that employers ...