US stocks dropped Thursday, continuing a recent patch of volatility, as Wall Street grappled with persistent nerves about artificial intelligence and economic data showed the labor market weakened ...
In 2025, the labor market is softening but not collapsing, even amid a government shutdown. Job growth has slowed, with unemployment nearing 4%, but GDP growth remains strong, supporting economic ...
In the early 2000s, when Amazon introduced its Kiva robots to automate warehouse operations, employees feared for their jobs as machines began taking over tasks previously performed by humans. Today, ...
Katherine Watt is a former CNET Money writer focusing on mortgages, home equity and banking. She previously wrote about personal finance for NextAdvisor. Based in New York, Katherine graduated summa ...
After going for a record number of days (over 6 weeks) without economic data from the Department of Labor and the Department of Commerce, we finally received a trickle. The Nov. 20 release was data ...
Consumers’ perceptions of labor market conditions have historically aligned closely with the unemployment rate. However, the two diverged during the pandemic, when the unemployment rate spiked while ...
September labor market data signals a gradual cooling, with ADP reporting unexpected job losses and Challenger showing weak seasonal hiring demand. Labor demand is softening, as seen in ADP and ...