Unemployment

U.S. employers shed 23,000 jobs in July as wage growth of 3.2% trailed inflation. Here’s what the weakening labor market means for your paycheck

Officials at the Federal Reserve are chiefly focused on the trajectory of inflation after five years of overshooting the central bank’s 2 percent target.

Scan the topline numbers of this month’s jobs report, and you’ll wind up with two wildly different impressions.

Nonfarm payrolls in the U.S. unexpectedly declined in July, but so did the unemployment rate, leaving investors with mixed signals.

Analyzing the July jobs report, White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett joins Bill Hemmer on ‘America’s Newsroom’ to address the 4.1% unemployment

July jobs report shows the first payroll decline and softer wage growth, reshaping Fed rate-hike odds. Click for this look at the data and

The US economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, surprising economists expecting gains. Unemployment slightly fell to 4.1%, while job revisions lowered previous months’ growth,

U.S. employers shed 23,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 4.1% in July, new Labor Department data shows.

Friday’s jobs report for July showed the economy losing 23,000 jobs and the unemployment rate edging down to 4.1%. The headline numbers were mixed

U.S. payrolls fell by 23,000 in July, missing economists’ forecast for an 83,000 gain by 106,000 jobs.Health care remained a bright spot, adding 22,000