Initial applications for unemployment benefits in the week through Saturday plunged from already low levels, in an outlier move, by 27,000 from the prior week to 191,000, seasonally adjusted, the ...
The “low-hire, low-fire” labor market appears here to stay — at least in 2026. Most CEOs of U.S. companies say they have no plans to increase the size of their workforce this year. The number of ...