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The unexpected 92,000 drop in payrolls is a clue we might be reading the AI jobs narrative all wrong
AIThe unexpected 92,000 drop in payrolls is a clue we might be reading the AI jobs narrative all wrong
By Shawn TullyMarch 7, 2026
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Economy‘The job market is struggling in the face of so many headwinds’: labor market reels at unexpected 92,000 loss
By Paul Wiseman, Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated PressMarch 6, 2026
OAKLAND, CA - APRIL 17: A job seeker looks at job listings posted at the East Bay Works One-Stop Career Center April 17, 2009 in Oakland, California. The California state unemployment rate surged to 11.2 percent in March, the highest level since 1941 when unemployment was 11.7 percent. An estimated 2.1 million Californians are out of work. . (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
EconomyThe abysmal February jobs report shatters hopes of a labor market recovery for 2026 and leaves the Fed ‘between a rock and a hard place’
By Eva RoytburgMarch 6, 2026
Why your boss loves AI and you hate it: Corporate profits are capturing your extra productivity, and your salary isn’t
EconomyWhy your boss loves AI and you hate it: Corporate profits are capturing your extra productivity, and your salary isn’t
By Eva RoytburgFebruary 17, 2026
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EconomyTurns 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 PressFebruary 11, 2026
Fed Chair Jerome Powell testifies before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs during a hearing to "examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress" on Capitol Hill on June 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. Powell says that the central bank will wait for clearer economic signals on the effects of President Donald Trump's tariffs on the economy before cutting interest rates, despite pressure from the President and divisions among Fed officials.
EconomyNightmarish labor market finally shows signs of letting up—and some ‘vindication’ for Jerome Powell
By Eva RoytburgFebruary 11, 2026
Kevin Warsh, governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve, speaks during an Institute of International Bankers' luncheon in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, June 16, 2009.
BankingThe new Fed chair’s billionaire father-in-law is a friend of Trump’s from college and has business interests in Greenland
By Eva RoytburgJanuary 30, 2026
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell walks between meetings at the Fed on January 13, 2026 in Washington, DC.
BankingFed holds rates at an unusual moment: Stocks at record highs, dollar under pressure, and Powell in the crosshairs
By Eva RoytburgJanuary 28, 2026
PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 28: U.S. President Donald Trump listens during a press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky following their meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club on December 28, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump invited Zelensky to his private club to work on the U.S.-proposed peace plan to end the war in Ukraine, as the conflict approaches four years since the sudden full-scale invasion by Russia on February 24, 2022. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
PoliticsWhite House says it’s ‘reviewing protocols’ after Trump seemingly violated federal policy by disclosing jobs data early
By Eva RoytburgJanuary 9, 2026
Female nurse communicating with coworker in meeting at hospital
EconomyStrip out health care and social services, the U.S. lost jobs in 2025—something that usually happens in recessions
By Eva RoytburgJanuary 9, 2026
Nela Richardson, chief economist at Automatic Data Processing Inc. (ADP).
EconomyFor jobless Gen Z, healthcare is the place to be as blue-collar hiring outstrips office jobs, says ADP’s top economist
By Eleanor PringleJanuary 8, 2026
Woman wearing a Santa hat talking with her friend by video call
EconomyThe 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 LichtenbergDecember 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.
EconomyUnemployment hits 4-year high as frozen jobs data shows recession risks getting ‘uncomfortably high,’ top economist Mark Zandi says
By Eva RoytburgDecember 16, 2025
members of the media outside the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. Hassett said that Chinese actions on trade in the last few weeks have been "unacceptable," but there has been "sort of a thawing" in US-China relations in recent days as conversations
EconomyWho 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
By Eva RoytburgDecember 1, 2025
Photo of Jerome Powell
EconomyThe labor market feels so awful right now because companies are doing everything bar announcing mass layoffs, says the Fed
By Eleanor PringleNovember 27, 2025
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