The labor market started off in 2023 with a bang, which could mean trouble for the housing market as the Federal Reserve continues to try and bring inflation under control this year. Unemployment ...

Illinois employment figures hit a high point last summer, finally surpassing the state’s previous jobs peak reached nearly two decades ago in an economy fueled by the dot.com boom. Yet according to ...

Not good. Friday’s job numbers, that is. Yes, there was an extenuating event: 48,000 or so Verizon workers walked off the job during August, and they’re in the data as job losses, it seems. But the ...

Fed Faces New Challenge Spelling Out Employment Goals Covid-19 pandemic has complicated the Fed’s task of determining when the economy is at ‘maximum employment’ and when to raise interest rates By ...