A t first glance, the U.S. labor market appears healthy. In April, the official unemployment rate hovered around 4.2%, typically seen as a sign of a strong economy. But the Ludwig Institute for ...

The low unemployment rate, which stood at 4.2% in April, has signaled to economists and investors alike that the U.S. economy remains relatively healthy.

The actual hiring rate — new hires as a percentage of all jobs — has fallen to 2014 levels, when the unemployment rate was much higher, at 6.2%. Economists call it a no-hire, no-fire economy.

The unemployment rate can’t tell us everything happening in the job market. But the Labor Department is robust and transparent in its calculations.

The first jobs report of President Donald Trump's second term Friday showed a troubling rise in the unemployment rate for all veterans from 2.8% in December to 4.2% in January.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday, brushing off President Trump’s demands to lower borrowing costs, and said that the risks of higher unemployment ...

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits last week reached the highest level in a year. On Thursday, the Associated Press (AP) reported that data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor ...

California’s unemployment, already among the country’s highest, inched up last month to 5.4%, the second highest rate in the nation, according to new data from the federal Bureau of Labor ...

That's according to a new report from Oxford Economics which shows that unemployed recent college grads account for 12% of an 85% rise in the national unemployment rate since mid-2023.