The Latest Breaking News from Unemployment

Nearly half of unemployed Americans have been job hunting for more than 15 weeks

Brian Blank is a finance scholar and Fed watcher who researches how companies navigate downturns and make financial decisions, as well as how markets process information. Brandy Hadley is a finance professor who leads a student-managed investment fund and studies corporate decision-making and incentives. Together, they’re also the resident economic…

The Dow Jones rebounded 450 points Thursday on strong GDP and weekly unemployment numbers. AI chip giant Micron plunged on earnings.

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates as expected, but the future path of borrowing costs became more opaque.

The rate of unemployment remained unchanged at 4.3% in the three months to October.

Any lingering hopes of a pre-Christmas cut in interest rates were dashed today by figures showing an acceleration in wage growth.

After a slow economic year, many New Zealanders are eyeing 2025 with uncertainty but also a degree cautious optimism. Interest rates are dropping and unemployment rates remain below expectations.

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider a labor tax dispute that could have significant implications for religious organizations.

The Supreme Court has agreed to take up a new religious rights case over whether a Catholic charitable organization must pay Wisconsin’s employment tax