Private companies added fewer than 100,000 jobs in June. Manufacturers, which have been hit hardest by the import fees, lost an average of 5,000 jobs a month in the April-June quarter, Goldman noted.

Trump said Friday that he has directed his team to fire the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures, after a weak report showed hiring slowed and was much weaker in April and May ...

Economists expected job growth in July to slow from previous months, adding 115,000 new positions. The data showed that 73,000 jobs were added to the US economy that month.

A Fox Business panel was left “stunned” Friday after a “disappointing” U.S. jobs report for July also revised down the previous two months’ employment growth figures. The seven analysts ...

The Labor Department released its jobs report for June which showed U.S. employers added 147,000 jobs last month as the labor market weathered economic uncertainty.

The Labor Department reported that the U.S. economy added 139,000 jobs in May, as employers slowed the pace of hiring amid uncertainty over the economy as well as tax and trade policy.

Leaders from both major political parties have been working to bring back manufacturing. But American manufacturers say they are struggling to fill the manufacturing jobs we already have.

On the face of it, the June jobs report presents a robust picture of the US economy, with a historically low unemployment rate, a healthy number of jobs added and wage growth that outpaces ...