The Maine Dept. of Labor reported Jan. 7 that the unemployment rate in the state remain unchanged in November at 3.2 percent ...

The US labor market has weakened since March 2025, and it's likely to continue weakening based on the policies in place, ...

The unemployment rate likely increased to 4.4% in September. The labor market is significantly weakening, although it's not collapsing yet, based on alternative data. The Fed is likely to ignore the ...

Chart 1: Those not in the labor force who currently want a job. The unemployment rate has been falling sharply alongside a sizable drop in labor force participation. The labor force participation rate ...

Katherine Watt is a former CNET Money writer focusing on mortgages, home equity and banking. She previously wrote about personal finance for NextAdvisor. Based in New York, Katherine graduated summa ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Department of Commerce, along with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, announced the state's ...

The unemployment rate tells you the current state of the labor market. A low unemployment rate usually signals a healthy labor market and a healthy economy. There’s always going to be some ...

Millions of Americans lost jobless benefits this month. Some lawmakers are proposing that aid be reinstated in an upcoming spending package. Here's the latest. Laura is a professional nitpicker and ...

The comparable United States rate in November was 4.6 percent, an increase of two-tenths of one percentage point from the ...

Unemployment in Germany was at its highest level in 12 years in 2025, and this year ​will continue to be challenging for ...

After more than 17 months of expanded benefits, federal pandemic unemployment programs are set to end on Labor Day, cutting off weekly payments to 7.5 million people — including 452,000 in Illinois.

The unemployment rate for Black Americans dropped by 1.0 percentage point in July. But that's in part because more Black Americans left the labor force altogether. One expert said that it's a "mystery ...