The BLS released its May jobs report showing 172,000 jobs added — blowing past expectations. Unemployment was 4.3% for the third month in a row.

US job growth settled down after a spring surge, as employers added a lower-than-expected 57,000 positions last month, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Thursday. June’s tally is a ...

Good news for job seekers: The number of available positions in the United States increased for the second month in a row.

Payroll gains for the prior two months were revised lower, pointing to a cooling labor market and prompting financial markets to dial back expectations for a near-term interest rate hike from the ...

Nonfarm payrolls for June increased by 57,000 in June, slower than the downwardly revised 129,000 added in May and worse than the 115,000 Dow Jones consensus forecast. The unemployment rate, however, ...

U.S. job openings edged up to a two-year high in May, but subdued hiring soured consumers' perceptions of the labor market, ...

The United States posted weaker-than-expected job growth in June as new data showed the labor market is facing headwinds ahead of testing midterm elections for President Donald Trump's Republicans.

U.S. job growth likely slowed to a still-solid clip in June, with the unemployment rate expected to hold steady ​at 4.3% for a fourth straight month, consistent with a stable labor market.

U.S. employers slowed their hiring last month and the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.2% as participation in the labor force dropped to the lowest in more than five years, according to data ...

Consumer spending remained resilient even as policymakers kept interest rates on hold ...