Please enable JavaScript to experience the full functionality of mail.com.

Labor economy
September 22, 2016
'Non-union union' at Volkswagen plant loses certification
A group billing itself as an alternative to the United Auto Workers union at the Volkswagen plant in Tennessee has failed to ...
September 22, 2016
US claims for jobless aid slide to lowest level since July
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level since July, more evidence that ...
Janet Yellen
September 21, 2016
Fed keeps key rate unchanged but hints of coming hike
The Federal Reserve is keeping its key interest rate unchanged but signaling that it will likely raise rates before year's ...
Janet Yellen
September 21, 2016
The Latest: Yellen: Fed will monitor banks, controls
The latest on the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting, which ended at 2 p.m. with the release of a policy ...
Janet Yellen
September 21, 2016
3 things to watch for from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday
Not quite yet. That's the decision the Federal Reserve is expected to deliver Wednesday when it announces to the financial ...
September 20, 2016
Officials from 21 states sue to block overtime pay expansion
Officials from 21 states sued the U.S. Department of Labor Tuesday over a new rule that would make about 4 million ...
September 20, 2016
Unemployment rates mostly fall in US battleground states
Unemployment rates in U.S. presidential swing states, including Florida and North Carolina, mostly fell in August compared ...
September 20, 2016
Report finds racial wage gap widest in nearly 4 decades
As wages for American workers have stagnated for more than a generation, the income gap between black and white workers has ...
September 20, 2016
Trump skips swing-state cities; opts for rural town instead
Donald Trump is spending a lot of time in this critical presidential swing state, but he campaigned Tuesday evening far from ...
September 15, 2016
A flurry of tepid economic data could lead Fed to delay hike
U.S. factory output fell, consumers cut back at retailers and wholesale prices went nowhere in August, the latest evidence ...
September 15, 2016
Applications for US jobless benefits rose slightly last week
More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, but jobless claims remained at levels consistent with a healthy ...
September 15, 2016
US retail sales slump 0.3 percent, ending 4 months of gains
U.S. shoppers retreated in August, cutting back their spending at auto dealers, furnishers and building material stores to ...
September 14, 2016
Employers turn to workers to help slow health cost growth
A growing number of U.S. workers are covered by health insurance that sticks them with a bigger share of the medical bill but ...
September 13, 2016
Americans got raise last year for first time since 2007
In a long-awaited sign that middle-class Americans are finally seeing real economic gains, U.S. households got a raise last ...
Lorena Gonzalez, Arturo Rodriguez
September 13, 2016
California expands already historic farm overtime policy
For the first time, farmworkers in California will soon be entitled to the same pay as other hourly workers after ...
Lael Brainard
September 12, 2016
Fed official's speech lowers expectations for hike next week
Investors, at least, suddenly seem more confident about what the Federal Reserve will announce when it meets next week: ...
September 08, 2016
Consumer borrowing grows by $17.7 billion in July
American consumers increased their borrowing in July, though the category that includes credit cards grew at the slowest pace ...
September 08, 2016
Applications for unemployment benefits slipped last week
Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, another sign the U.S. job market remains healthy despite a ...
September 07, 2016
US job openings jump to record high in mixed signal to Fed
American employers advertised a record number of open jobs in July, a sign hiring may stay healthy despite a slowdown last ...
Raisa Rickie
September 02, 2016
US hiring slowed in August, yet Americans' outlook brightens
U.S. employers slowed their hiring in August after two blockbuster months and barely raised their workers' pay, a pullback ...
1/10 1 234… 10