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Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards Bureau of Labor Statistics The U.S. economy added many more jobs than expected last month, and there was an appetite for workers particularly in the service sector, which has been grappling with labor shortages. The leisure and hospitality sector saw the most jobs growth, with 96,000 payrolls added in July,

Federal Reserve Bank Governor Michelle Bowman gives her first public remarks as a Federal policymaker at an American Bankers Association conference In San Diego, California, February 11 2019. Ann Saphir | Reuters Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman said Saturday she supports the central bank’s recent big interest rate increases and thinks they are likely to

Commuters arrive at Grand Central station during morning rush hour in New York, Nov. 18, 2021. Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. job market posted strong growth and a decline in unemployment in July, but unemployment ticked higher among Black workers, further underscoring the ongoing discrepancies within the job market. Friday’s data

A person removes the nozel from a pump at a gas station on July 29, 2022 in Arlington, Virginia. Olivier Douliery | AFP | Getty Images You’d be hard-pressed now to find a recession in the rearview mirror. What’s down the road, though, is another story. There is no historical precedent to indicate that an

A sign for hire is posted on the window of a Chipotle restaurant in New York, April 29, 2022. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Initial claims for unemployment insurance totaled 260,000 last week, near the highest level since November amid a shift in the U.S. labor market. The total for the week ended July 30 was

In this article YUM National Guard troops pose for photographers on the East Front of the U.S. Capitol the day after the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump for the second time January 14, 2021 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images In an earnings call Wednesday morning, Yum Brands CEO

JetBlue Airways passengers in a crowded terminal on April 7, 2022 in the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Robert Nickelsberg | Getty Images News | Getty Images It wasn’t long ago that Amazon, Shopify and Peloton doubled their workforces to manage through the pandemic surge, while Morgan Stanley staffed up to handle

If the U.S. economy is in recession, someone forgot to tell the jobs market. The employment picture over the past six months is behaving nothing like an economy in a downturn, instead creating jobs at a rapid pace of nearly 460,000 a month. Research from CNBC’s Steve Liesman indicates that during a typical downturn, the

Mary Daly, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, poses after giving a speech on the U.S. economic outlook, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, U.S., November 12 2018. Ann Saphir | Reuters The Federal Reserve still has a lot of work to do before it gets inflation under control, and that means higher interest

A cooldown in the job market is underway: The number of job openings dropped in June while near-record numbers of people continued to quit and get hired into new roles, according to the Labor Department’s latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary. The labor market posted 10.7 million new job openings in June, which is

In this article GSBD CMI Shipping containers are seen at a terminal inside the Port of Oakland as independent truck driver continue protesting against California’s new law known as AB5, in Oakland, California, July 21, 2022. Carlos Barria | Reuters Economists are forecasting the economy barely grew in the second quarter, and some expect that

A sign is posted in front of a home for sale on July 14, 2022 in San Francisco, California. The number of homes for sale in the U.S. increased by 2 percent in June for the first time since 2019. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Rising mortgage rates and inflation in the wider economy caused

The U.S. economy contracted for the second straight quarter from April to June, hitting a widely accepted rule of thumb for a recession, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Thursday. Gross domestic product fell 0.9% at an annualized pace for the period, according to the advance estimate. That follows a 1.6% decline in the first

Neel Kashkari, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Brendan McDermid | Reuters If you’re debating whether or not the U.S. is in a recession, you’re asking the wrong question, according to a top Federal Reserve official. “Whether we are technically in a recession or not doesn’t change my analysis,” Neel Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of

In an aerial view, shipping containers sit idle at the Port of Oakland on July 21, 2022 in Oakland, California. Truckers protesting California labor law Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) have shut down operations at the Port of Oakland after blocking entrances to container terminals at the port for the past four days. An estimated 70,000

[The stream is slated to start at 1:30 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks Thursday at a news conference on the state of the U.S. economy. Yellen’s comments follow news that the U.S. economy contracted for the second consecutive

In this article QSR-CA YUM PPC NDLS WING Spicy chicken wings. Gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images Three months ago, Wingstop put a shocker in its earnings release: It was seeing DEFLATION in bone-in chicken wing costs. The chicken chain reiterated the trend with its latest results Thursday morning and its stock rallied 20%

An inflation gauge that the Federal Reserve uses as its primary barometer jumped to its highest 12-month gain in more than 40 years in June, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Friday. The personal consumption expenditures price index rose 6.8%, the biggest 12-month move since the 6.9% increase in January 1982. The index rose 1%