Donald Trump dismissed concerns about rising unemployment, attributing the increase to cuts in government jobs while ...

Americans filed the fewest new jobless claims in a month last week, and while the number of unemployed workers collecting ...

US jobless applications fell to 199,000 in the week ending December 27, marking the lowest reading in weeks. The figure signals that employers remain reluctant to cut payrolls despite economic ...

When the Labor Department releases monthly unemployment numbers Friday, investors will be hoping for signs of new job growth. New York Times columnist David Leonhardt says that analysts will be ...

Artificial intelligence is learning to read the labor market in places official statistics barely touch, scanning social ...

The larger-than-expected rise in initial weekly jobless claims reported by the Labor Department reversed the sharp drop in the prior week.

Economists warn that rising Black unemployment numbers are a dark omen. One month after Donald Trump took the extraordinary step of firing Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor ...

WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits declined last week in a sign that overall layoffs remain low, even as several high-profile companies have announced job cuts. U ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Minnesota dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of ...

The Labor Department has reported new data for jobless claims. First-time jobless claims are 456,000 this week, down 3,000 from the week before, and 6,000 above expectations. The total number of ...