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A cooler-than-expected consumer price index (CPI) report offered markets a welcome surprise last week. Continued softening in housing costs, lower energy prices and a temporary drop in used-car ...

New York City’s private sector job growth in 2025 was driven almost entirely by a single industry, masking widespread weakness across much of the economy.Private employers in New York added roughly ...

A handful of high-profile corporate layoffs and anxiety surrounding advances in artificial intelligence have led to gloomy headlines about the state of the American job market. The January 2026 jobs ...

The United States population is growing at its slowest rate since the height of the coronavirus pandemic, according to recently released U.S. Census Bureau estimates. While that pace is set to ease ...

The Sacramento region’s unemployment rate fell to 4.8% in the December jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, from a revised 5.1% in November. The year-ago estimate for Sacramento was ...

Los Angeles County preliminarily concluded the year with a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 5.6%, reflecting a decrease of 10 basis points from November's revised figure of 5.7% and a ...

The Federal Reserve of the United States held its benchmark interest rate unchanged at its first policy meeting of the year, following three straight reductions. The Fed approved holding rates steady ...

Consumers maintained robust spending in late 2025, according to new Bureau of Economic Analysis data released last week that had been delayed by the federal government shutdown.However, shoppers ...

Flight cancellations linger after winter storms Flight delays and cancellations continued well into Monday after the weekend’s nationwide winter storms, which also caused property damage and traffic ...

San Diego’s unemployment rate fell to a seven-month low of 4.4% in December, according to the latest jobs report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That was down from 4.6% in November, ...

American shoppers continued to spend during the 2025 holiday season, defying a slowing job market, recently released retail sales data from the U.S. Census Bureau show.That's noteworthy. The health ...

TGI Fridays plans expansion Long-struggling dining chain TGI Fridays plans to open 600 new restaurants worldwide by 2030 as part of a post-bankruptcy reset. It’s among the latest developments in a ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently reported a headline-grabbing 4.9% annualized increase in labor productivity for the third quarter of 2025, a figure notable for its broader implications even ...

The job market in San Francisco remains lackluster, with total employment levels lower than they were a year ago. However, while hiring remains weak, layoff activity has also declined, suggesting ...

San Diego’s unemployment rate dipped to 4.6% in November, according to the latest jobs report from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. That was the lowest rate in San Diego since May, and came ...

Layoffs continued to grow in Silicon Valley in the fourth quarter of 2025. Santa Clara County recorded 2,953 layoffs in the quarter, as measured by work adjustment and retraining notices, known as ...

American manufacturing ended 2025 with its 10th consecutive month of contraction, according to the Institute for Supply Management’s Purchasing Managers Index for December. The report’s details ...

The September jobs report for Orange County, delayed by the federal shutdown, shows a modest overall employment gain year over year, despite sharp losses in several key sectors. The region added ...

The first year of the second Trump administration presented numerous opportunities for economists to predict whether the economy would surge, sputter or sail through.On multiple fronts, whether it ...

Texas manufacturing falls Texas factory activity dropped in December after a November increase, according to the latest analysis from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.The Texas Manufacturing ...