The good news is that the job market isn’t as stagnant as many feared, as private employers returned to hiring in January. The report helps to offset the other news in the month’s labor report, which ...

US job growth was historically weak last year. And US job growth was significantly stronger than expected at the start of this year. In the January jobs report released Wednesday – a Schrödinger’s cat ...

January's nonfarm payroll report is expected to extend the low-hire, low-fire narrative that's dominated in the past several months. The Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its January Employment ...

AI has had a top-to-bottom effect on the American workforce, cited as the force behind mass layoffs and a valued skill in workers at the same time. In 2025, consulting firm Challenger Gray & Christmas ...

An analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City found that tariffs may have slowed job growth in the U.S. economy in 2025 after higher import taxes were implemented. Economists at the Kansas ...

Will AI lead to layoffs? Are people already losing their jobs to AI? While overall unemployment in the U.S. is still relatively low, there is considerable speculation that the adoption of generative ...

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Technological change has reshaped job markets for centuries. But the benefits have not always been widely shared. As AI and digital technologies transform today’s workplace even those at the forefront ...

The demand and supply of new skills—especially in IT and AI—are reshaping labor markets, impacting wages and hiring. About one in ten job vacancies in advanced economies demands at least one new skill ...

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