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The U.S. added 517,000 jobs in January, more than two and a half times what economists anticipated, as the unemployment rate nudged down to 3.4%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported Friday.

FEDERAL Reserve officials look set to moderate interest-rate increases again, with Chair Jerome Powell keeping further hikes on the table while leaning against bets they will cut later this year. The policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee is widely expected to raise rates by 25 basis points at the conclusion of…

A busy week on Wall Street kicked off with losses for the major benchmarks.

Easing price, wage data are at odds with concerns that the job market is too tight and the economy is operating above capacity

11 top investment firms share their predictions for how stocks and the economy will perform in 2023, and if we'll enter a recession next year.

A new federal report released Friday finds employment growth is still outpacing expectations.

America’s employers kept hiring vigorously in October, adding 261,000 positions, a sign that as Election Day nears, the economy remains a picture of solid job growth and painful inflation.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americas employers kept hiring vigorously in October, adding 261,000 positions, a sign that as Election Day nears, the economy remains a picture of solid job growth and painful inflation.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — America’s employers kept hiring vigorously in October, adding 261,000 positions, a sign that as Election Day nears, the economy remains a picture of solid job growth and

Friday’s report from the government showed that hiring was brisk across industries last month, though the overall gain declined from 315,000 in September. The unemployment rate rose from a five-decade low of 3.5% to a still-healthy 3.7%.