One of the things that will make the report so pivotal is it will be the last comprehensive look the Federal Reserve will get before its next policy meeting on Dec. 17-18.

For Fed, jobs report shows progress but likely still short of "substantial" By Howard Schneider June 4, 202112:50 PM PDTUpdated June 4, 2021 ...

The Fed and most Wall Street economists expect the jobless rate to creep higher in 2025. Forecasters predict a slight increase in June to 4.3% if more graduates than expected enter the labor force.

The US labor market picked up momentum in May, once again defying expectations of a slowdown. But Federal Reserve officials are still likely to suspend rate hikes in their upcoming policy meeting ...

The Federal Reserve is considering when and how much to cut interest rates, and the employment report on Friday will give policymakers an up-to-date hint at how the economy is evolving ahead of ...

Even with yet another strong jobs report, the door remains open for the Fed to lower interest rates at its June meeting. The federal-funds target rate range has been at 5.25%-5.00% since last July.

Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee said on Monday that last week’s disappointing jobs report was not necessarily a recessionary sign and that the Federal Reserve’s focus ...

"While job growth has slowed, the U.S. economy is still adding jobs at a pretty rapid pace, and policymakers at the Fed will not look at this report and feel confident about hitting their ...

The August jobs report showed that average hourly earnings grew at a monthly pace of just 0.2%, or 4.3% annually. In July, those numbers were 0.4% and 4.4%, respectively.

Ahead of the nonfarm payroll employment report for September 2023, U.S. Treasury yields increased sharply. The 10-year treasury (IEF) approached 5.0% earlier this week, only to back off. The jobs ...