UNEMPLOYMENT

Although U.S. manufacturing jobs account for only about 8 percent of the American labor market, the sector is a major bellwether for the economy.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to the fewest since February 2006.

The latest numbers suggests a modest and sustainable pace of economic expansion that should see continued job growth.

All four major regions of the United States added more jobs in June than their averages of the past year, a monthly report by employee benefits firm ADP indicates.

A new report says the uniquely American practice of compelling customers to subsidize tipped-worker incomes should end.

“We might see more U.S. banks bringing forward their rate-hike expectations this week."

The stock market might be cheering June’s jobs report, but there’s still a lot of pain out there.

"No matter how you dig into it, it shows the labor market is improving.”

U.S. hiring picked up pace in June, adding more jobs to the economy than expected.

In 1974, the U.S. said earned pension benefits could not be taken away. Today, a million face losing what they earned.

The jobless rate in the world's third-largest economy fell to its lowest since 1997.

A Commerce Department report had many wondering whether the U.S. is headed back to the worst economic times since the Great Depression.

An income inequality report underscores little progress in offering home-grown job opportunities for hundreds of millions.

When a salad is more expensive than a Big Mac, it's the poorest who suffer most.

Though they’re still not sure why, researchers say the connection is clear.

IMF also urges infrastructure investments.

Companies that survived the Great Recession are a lot more cautious in their hiring decisions.

Employers are posting “Help Wanted” ads at rates not seen since before the Great Recession, but filling those jobs is another story.

In comparison, unemployment across the euro zone was 11.7 percent in the three months to April, according to Eurostat.

America’s older job-seekers combat persistent age discrimination and the stigma of long-term unemployment by pruning their work histories.

Long-term unemployment linked to higher rates of depression, according to a recent Gallup poll.