Economists are eagerly awaiting the December employment report, due out Friday, to see if job growth ended 2023 on a high note. Forecasters estimate 168,000 jobs were added last month, a decent total ...

The labor force participation rate — how much of the working age population has a job or is looking for one — held at 62.7% percent last month, according to the latest jobs report released Friday.

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. In recent days, Fed Chair Jay Powell and New York Fed President John Williams have ...

In April, the labor participation rate landed at 62.5 percent which is the same it was in November 2021. Indiana’s labor force participation rate fell last month to its lowest point in more than two ...

In the latest jobs report, out Friday, there’s some details to like and and some to be worried about. On the “maybe we should worry about this” side, the labor force participation rate — aka the ...

A substantial and unexpected rise in women’s labor force participation rates over the past few years has been a key factor spurring rapid labor force growth. In particular, Hispanic women have made a ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Michigan is expected to continue to add jobs over the next ...

Based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Jobs Report released today, the labor force participation rate for people with disabilities (ages 16-64) increased from 41.3 percent in ...

SOLD OFF ITS AMERICAN ASSETS. THE LABOR FORCE IN IOWA IS GROWING. THAT’S ACCORDING TO IOWA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. NEARLY 2000 PEOPLE WERE ADDED IN AUGUST, MOSTLY MOSTLY ADULTS, BETWEEN AGE 20 TO 24.

Iowa’s overall unemployment and labor force participation rates remained steady in February despite anxiety over the potential effects of federal government spending cuts and impacts from ...