U.S. Added 216,000 Jobs in December, Outpacing Forecasts Hiring has throttled back from 2021 and 2022, but last year’s growth was still impressive by longer-term standards.
What Investors and the Fed Will Look For in the Jobs Report All eyes will be on the latest nonfarm payrolls data scheduled for release on Friday. Here’s what to look out for.
U.S. Job Growth Holds Up as Economy Gradually Cools Interest rate increases have taken the edge off labor demand, but unemployment dipped in November, and wages rose more than expected.
Job Growth Slows, Sowing a Mix of Concern and Calm U.S. employers added 150,000 workers in October, falling short of expectations, but the labor market retains spark nearly three years into a recovery.
Tyson and Perdue Are Facing Child Labor Investigations The Labor Department has opened inquiries into whether migrant children were working inside slaughterhouses owned by the poultry-processing giants.