And 2026 may not be much better. As of September, the most recent month for which we have official data, the unemployment rate stood at 4.4%, low by historical standards but the highest since October ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am an economist specializing in labor markets and policy. Employers added 206,000 payroll jobs in June, according to the new ...

An unsettled labor market is usually an indication of a troubled economy. In fact, a rapidly increasing unemployment rate characterizes the start of recessions. Therefore, a timely and accurate ...

State-level unemployment claims can provide a real-time measure of national labor market conditions and the overall state of the economy. A rapid and widespread buildup of stress in state labor ...

Unemployment among IT specialists is rising, demand falling. Yet, a shortage exists. How do these facts align? An ...

Labor market data ahead of the Dec FOMC meeting shows gradual, not sharp, deterioration, with mixed signals across NFIB, ADP, and JOLTS reports. Click for more.

A majority of the nation’s 36 million workers ages 25 to 34 have not completed a four-year college degree. In 2023, there were 19 million young workers who had some college or less education, ...

But the reaction at home was anything but celebratory. On social media, young Chinese asked why the government was opening its doors to foreign specialists when millions of domestic graduates were ...

Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation This paper examines how oil shocks shape labor market outcomes across 89 countries from 1975 to 2022. Leveraging a ...

Business owners who still have occasional nightmares about high employee turnover rates during the Great Resignation can sleep more soundly these days. Accumulating evidence indicates that the ...

This paper explores how fluctuations in crime rates influence labor market outcomes in Mexico. Using detailed survey data and an individual-fixed effect estimation, the analysis reveals distinct ...