The Labor Department released its jobs report for December which showed the U.S. economy added 256,000 jobs last month, well ...

U.S. hiring picked up unexpectedly in December as employers added 256,000 jobs, another sign of the economy’s resilience in ...

Traders on Friday bet the Federal Reserve will wait until at least June to reduce its policy rate, and end its rate-cutting ...

The dollar rallied on Friday after data showed the world's largest economy created more jobs than expected last month, ...

The headline The economy added 256,000 jobs in December, and the unemployment rate fell a tenth of a percentage point to 4.1% ...

A rate cut from the Federal Reserve was already very unlikely this month, and the December jobs report slammed the door shut on any such prospect. Fed officials began cutting rates last September amid ...

Fed officials have signaled that it will take more than one weak report to convince them that the labor market is deteriorating.

The final jobs report of 2024 showed an uptick in hiring and a slight decrease in the unemployment rate. Get updates on stocks and other markets, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- U.S. job growth unexpectedly accelerated in December while the unemployment rate fell to 4.1% as the labor market ended the year on a solid footing, reinforcing the Federal ...

The hot December jobs report has Wall Street doubting if the Federal Reserve will find room to cut interest rates in the first half of 2025. Odds that rates are held steady through June were up to 42.

U.S. hiring grew at a robust pace in December, far exceeding economists' expectations and demonstrating the health of the nation's economy days before it transfers to the stewardship of ...

The US economy added 256,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate dipped to 4.1% from 4.2%, wrapping up a year that ...