The report, which had been delayed by the government shutdown, gives the first official data on the job market in weeks.

Retail sales rose 0.2% after an unrevised 0.6% gain in August, the Commerce Department's Census Bureau said. Economists ...

American consumer spending is expected to slow, as people face the high cost of living and increasing anxiety about the job ...

The Labor Department is finally releasing the jobs report for September, which was delayed for weeks due to the government shutdown. It is expected to show the economy added around 50,000 jobs that ...

(Bloomberg) -- Investors don’t need the official government jobs report to see that the labor market has shifted into a lower gear. Even without the marquee data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics — ...

A leading economist is warning that job creation in the U.S. economy is slowing to a crawl as the ongoing government shutdown precluded the release of the September jobs report last week. Moody's ...

US job growth probably lumbered along in September as the unemployment rate held at an almost four-year high, extending a sluggish period for the labor market. Economists project 50,000 jobs were ...

The U.S. added 119,000 jobs in September as the unemployment rate rose to 4.4 percent, according to data the Bureau of Labor ...

Sales at US retailers and restaurants increased modestly in September as resilient consumers moderated their spending after ...

From homebuilding to trucking, major parts of the US economy are in deep trouble. The weakness could drag the whole country ...