A weakening U.S. labor market is a risk for both the U.S. economy and markets right now. But the most closely watched numbers — the rate of new jobs created and the official unemployment rate — don’t ...

Discover essential labor market theories, macroeconomic and microeconomic indicators, and the role of supply and demand in ...

We’re in the second month of the government shutdown, which means we’re still not getting comprehensive economic survey data from federal agencies like the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

This paper examines how oil shocks shape labor market outcomes across 89 countries from 1975 to 2022. Leveraging a high-frequency oil supply shock series and a rich panel of quarterly labor market ...

For decades, economists and policymakers have argued about the meaning of full employment. Those debates are getting more vigorous. Historic changes in labor force growth have resulted in a job count ...