The Latest Breaking News from Jobs Report

The September jobs report is expected to show a payroll gain of 45,000, up from 22,000 in the prior month, with the unemployment rate holding steady at 4.3%.

Markets enter a potentially volatile week as Washington faces the looming threat of a government shutdown amid Congressional budget negotiations, while investors await Friday's September jobs report.

It's an alarming statistic. Essentially, the U.S. government declared that it overstated job growth by 911,000 in the year through March 2025. Subsequently, this disclosure raises anxieties over the labor market's longer-term stability. As such, major financial institutions — including big bank Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) — has been encountering choppy…

Revision highlights recent concerns about the health of the labor market, and follows a lackluster August jobs report

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America’s latest employment figures paint a bleak picture of the U.S. jobs market. The silver lining: Weak job growth and cooling wages mean that a decrease in borrowing rates is now almost certainly on the horizon.

U.S. stocks settled lower on Friday, with the Dow Jones index falling more than 200 points during the session following a disappointing jobs report.

The historic Standard Life name is to return to the FTSE 100 index as part of a rebranding by Phoenix Group.

Prominent economists are sharing their opinions on last week’s weaker-than-expected jobs report, seeing it as a clear sign of a slowdown in America’s labor market.