US job growth slowed more than expected in January, but a 4.0% unemployment rate probably will give the Federal Reserve cover ...

Retail trade and government were also strong, adding more than 30,000 jobs apiece. The gains in health care were broadly in line with the growth rates from 2024. The jump in retail jobs was more ...

Defying fears of a pandemic-driven Great Depression and bucking Federal Reserve interest rate hikes as well, the U.S. job ...

U.S. employers added 143,000 jobs last month, somewhat fewer than forecast, while unemployment fell to 4 percent and hourly earnings rose.

U.S. job growth likely slowed in January, partly restrained by wild fires in California and cold weather across much of the ...

Unemployment data is collected every month by the Bureau of Labor Statistics ... and GDP growth. The graph below depicts the U.S. unemployment rate (U-3 measure) from around 1948 to 2022.

Employment dropped by 7,000 in mining and logging but increased by 3,000 in manufacturing and 4,000 in construction. "It is really struggling under the weight of high interest rates," Pollak said.