UNEMPLOYMENT

Hiring fell sharply last month, raising concerns about the U.S. labor market. Here are three takeaways from Friday’s government report.

Another report on Thursday showed planned layoffs by U.S.-based employers fell 53 percent to a five-month low.

Friday’s jobs report is the last one Fed officials will see before their June meeting. From Verizon strikers to wages, here’s what they might be watching for.

Foreign-born labor force participation in the U.S. reached its highest level in 2015 after briefly declining during the 2007-09 recession.

The number of Americans filing for jobless aid fell from a 14-month high last week, the latest sign that the economy is regaining speed.

Two-thirds of Americans said their own households are faring well, but just 42% described the U.S. economy as good, a new survey has found.

The French president is deeply unpopular with voters as his government pushes through labor reforms.

A source told the Communist Party newspaper People’s Daily that Beijing should rein in leverage and accept slower growth.

While last month’s job creation was disappointing, the nation’s unemployment rate held at 5 percent.

Deporting everybody living illegally in the United States and preventing every future unlawful entry would cost more than some have let on.

For Syrian refugees, Brazil offers a safe and legal haven, but the troubled economy has many questioning their long-term future in Latin America.

The world’s second-largest economy said Friday that it added 3.18 million urban jobs in the first quarter of the year.

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits declined 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 247,000 for the week ended April 16.

High inflation and falling real wages mean Russians are spending over 50 percent of their incomes on food for the first time in almost a decade.

The contraction is the biggest monthly drop in a year, with electronics and pharmaceutical sectors the worst hit.

Although employment and consumer spending have marched ahead, corporate earnings have been in recession since late 2014. It remains to be seen if that will change this quarter.

Italian banking stocks have dropped 40 percent this year as investors fret about bad loans and negative interest rates that are hurting profits.

Many low-income Americans would likely get better-paying jobs if health insurance wasn’t tethered to place of employment, researchers say.

An otherwise solid jobs report for March showed the unemployment rate ticked back up to 5 percent. Here’s why that's a positive sign.

Workers are streaming back into the workforce — with utilities and healthcare leading the way — but wage growth lags.

U.S. job growth remained strong in March, with nonfarm payrolls increasing by a better-than-expected 215,000.