What we saw today was a very stagnant picture of the labor market,” says Sarah House, a senior economist at Wells Fargo & Co.
“It does not look like a rapidly growing labor market, but we are expecting decent job gains when the January report is ...
The ADP report’s significance is amplified this month due to an ongoing partial government shutdown, which has delayed the ...
The brief US government shutdown has delayed the official jobs report for January, but the first look at hiring activity in the private sector showed that employment gains sputtered to start the year.
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Wednesday, February 4th, 2026 Pre-market futures are off their lows from the very early morning, with fresh Q4 earnings reports and private-sector jobs numbers giving something of a jolt to market ...
US companies added fewer jobs than expected in January, pointing to a continued slowdown in the labor market at the start of ...
U.S. private sector employment went up by 22,000 jobs last month, according to a report from the payroll management company ...
Automatic Data Processing’s fourth quarter results were shaped by steady growth across both its domestic and international ...
The dollar weakened as markets faced another U.S. data gap.
Nonprofits are disputing the findings of a federal investigation led by House Republicans alleging "apparent misuse of charitable donations" raised during the FireAid benefit concert last year. "Now, ...
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Probably the best way to characterize the labor market in December is that it didn't get any worse. Hiring rose, more people found jobs and fewer people were unemployed. Wages also increased. These ...