September's jobs report showed 119,000 new jobs, beating expectations, but unemployment rose to 4.4%, signaling a mixed labor market. Jobless claims data indicate hiring remains resilient, though ...

The furlough of hundreds of thousands of federal workers during the 43-day government shutdown may be partly responsible for the increase in the U.S. unemployment rate to a four-year high. The ...

According to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in August 2025, the national unemployment rate for the United States was 4.3%. While 22,000 new jobs were added in August, led by job ...

The US workforce has undergone a profound demographic transition in recent decades: it has aged significantly, and the share of workers with a college education has steadily risen. This blog post ...

Unemployment for Black Americans is at its worst level since the pandemic, with some economists seeing the latest results as a sign of worse things to come for the US economy. The unemployment rate ...

Released last week, the November report found that Colorado’s unemployment rate decreased slightly to 3.8 percent. That is a ...