U.S. employers added a surprising 172,000 jobs in May as the labor market continued to show resilience in the face of rising ...

British employers are offering almost a third fewer summer jobs this year than in 2025, adding to the ​challenges facing ...

Jobseekers wait in line to speak to recruiters during the Best Hire Chicago Career Fair in Chicago, Illinois, US, on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. Recurring applications for unemployment benefits surged to ...

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May Employment Numbers Blow Past Economists' Expectations ...

While there's little denying that the labor market has softened over 2025, the figures for December 2025 indicate that a policy rate cut is off the table. The unemployment rate softened, while ...

Even if the December employment report is a good one, the U.S. labor market in 2025 will have proved to be one of the worst in more than two decades. The economy is on track to have created well below ...

America’s job market has a surprising problem: Nobody’s hiring, nobody’s firing - While unemployment is projected to hold ...

The May jobs report, set to be released Friday morning, is expected to show that hiring has remained steady despite growing ...

This year was a difficult one for Americans looking for work. Forecasters don’t see much improvement in their prospects coming in 2026. The unemployment rate is set to remain elevated through almost ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Erik Sherman reports on business, economics, finance, tech, and law. The January 2026 jobs report — put off from last week because ...

In May, about 120,000 workers joined the labor force—but all those workers were men, according to an analysis by the National ...