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Why your boss loves AI and you hate it: Corporate profits are capturing your extra productivity, and your salary isn’t

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Economy

Turns out the U.S. economy didn’t create half a million jobs last year. It was just 181,000

By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
February 11, 2026
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The new Fed chair’s billionaire father-in-law is a friend of Trump’s from college and has business interests in Greenland

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January 30, 2026
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell walks between meetings at the Fed on January 13, 2026 in Washington, DC.
Banking

Fed holds rates at an unusual moment: Stocks at record highs, dollar under pressure, and Powell in the crosshairs

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January 28, 2026
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Politics

White House says it’s ‘reviewing protocols’ after Trump seemingly violated federal policy by disclosing jobs data early

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January 9, 2026
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Economy

Strip out health care and social services, the U.S. lost jobs in 2025—something that usually happens in recessions

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January 9, 2026
Nela Richardson, chief economist at Automatic Data Processing Inc. (ADP).
Economy

For jobless Gen Z, healthcare is the place to be as blue-collar hiring outstrips office jobs, says ADP’s top economist

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January 8, 2026
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Economy

The labor market’s holiday present for America: the highest unemployment in 4 years. It might be ‘noisy’ but the jobs just aren’t there

By Eva Roytburg and Nick Lichtenberg
December 16, 2025
Stephen Greene works a street corner hoping to land a job as a laborer or carpenter on June 3, 2011 in Pompano Beach, Florida.
Economy

Unemployment hits 4-year high as frozen jobs data shows recession risks getting ‘uncomfortably high,’ top economist Mark Zandi says

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December 16, 2025
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Economy

Who is Kevin Hassett? The rumored Fed pick says inflation is ‘way down,’ sees ‘political bias’ in jobs data, and suggested firing Powell over a renovation

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December 1, 2025
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Economy

The labor market feels so awful right now because companies are doing everything bar announcing mass layoffs, says the Fed

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November 27, 2025
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Economy

Economy adds 119,000 jobs in September but revisions show first year with multiple negative months since 2020

By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
November 20, 2025
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Economy

Government cancels October jobs report because it can’t calculate unemployment, other key numbers

By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
November 19, 2025
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Economy

Jobs disaster—or mediocrity—to be revealed with September jobs report finally set to drop Thursday

By Paul Wiseman, Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
November 15, 2025

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