Catenaa, Thursday, August 21, 2025- Most US Federal Reserve officials highlighted inflation risks as outweighing concerns over the labor market at their meeting last month. Officials acknowledged worries over higher inflation and weaker employment, but a majority of the 18 policymakers in attendance “judged the upside risk to inflation as the greater of these two […]

Catenaa, Friday, August 22, 2025- US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday said that sweeping changes in tax, trade and immigration policies have resulted in the shifting of the balance of risks between employment and stable prices. In his much-anticipated speech at the Fed’s annual conclave in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the central bank leader […]

Catenaa, Friday, September 05, 2025- US economy added just 22,000 jobs in August, indicating a slowdown in labor market conditions and boosting expectations of a rate cut by the Federal Reserve. The US economy added 22,000 jobs in August, down from 79,000 in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday. That was well short […]

Catenaa, Wednesday, September 03, 2025- US job openings fell more than expected in July by 176,000, and hiring was moderate, consistent with easing labor market conditions. Job openings, a measure of labor demand, dropped 176,000 to 7.181 million by the last day of July, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics said in its Job […]

Catenaa, Thursday, July 03, 2025- US labor market continues to add more jobs despite economic uncertainty, as 147,000 nonfarm jobs were added in June, along fall in the unemployment rate. The US economy added 147,000 nonfarm payrolls in June, more than the 106,000 expected by economists. The unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to 4.1%. Economists had […]