The Latest Breaking News from Lydia Boussour

United States likely added 65,000 jobs last month, but jobseekers struggle and pay gains are meager

The U.S. Labor Department is expected to report that the American job market bounced back last month from a dismal July

The Independent UK · Sep 4

The American consumer stands firm

Retail sales rose 0.6% in February, the Census Bureau said, reversing a January slump.

Axios · Apr 1

Waiting for a shoe to drop in the US jobs market

The unemployment rate is forecast to remain at a low 4.2%

The Independent UK · May 2, 2025

Top economists think the Fed will raise rates just once more before they're done

Economists have had their say on what the Fed will do later this spring –and when rates may finally begin to fall.

Fortune · Mar 30, 2023

June’s economy dichotomy: US adds 372,000 jobs while employers announce 32,000 layoffs

Is the hot labor market strengthening or weakening? Or doing both at the same time?

Tribune News Service · Jul 9, 2022