“Since the March jobs report, timely indicators such as initial ... ratio for Black workers dropped to 58.4%, the lowest since August 2022. Monthly data is highly volatile, especially for ...

It's a Jobs Friday with a tariff twist. Today’s nonfarm payrolls report is the first to cover ... day—its longest winning streak since August. Asian and European stocks rallied.

The Labor Department reported on Friday the U.S. economy added 177,000 jobs in April, a better-than-expected figure given how newly implemented tariffs have undermined confidence and scrambled the ...

The jobs report follows Commerce Department data this week that said the economy shrank at annual rate of 0.3% in the first quarter, its worst performance since early 2022. Although consumer and ...