According to the Labor Department’s January jobs report that came out Friday, nonfarm hourly earnings rose an average of 17 ...

Slowing but healthy US job growth, combined with rising inflation expectations, supports the Federal Reserve’s inclination to ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 143,000 new jobs in January, below the consensus estimate of 175,000. Click for more ...

Instead, the most recent labor data shows unemployment low and steady, clocking in at 4%. Plus, job growth is still ...

U.S. inflation increased by the most in eight months in December amid robust consumer spending on goods and services, ...

Rising food and housing costs have hit the lowest-income Americans the hardest in recent years.

Economists like me rely on data from federal data collection agencies like the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the ...

It has been a volatile week. Stocks fell on Monday after President Donald Trump over the weekend announced 10% tariffs on ...

Measuring key aspects of a nation’s economy is important, but the metrics used are often misunderstood by many. Quantifying ...

“The Fed’s prognosis is for a slower pace of monetary easing moving forward, as the economy is doing well and prices are only slowly returning to target in an environment of great uncertainty,” said ...

How much has rising inflation since 2020 cost you? While Iowans need to spend more to maintain their standard of living, ...