3 weeks ago - Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ... The unemployment rate represents the number of unemployed as a percentage of the labor force.

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1 week ago - In 2020, the Fed was justified in slashing interest rates to near zero to support an economy battered by the pandemic. The Fed, which is tasked by Congress to strive toward maximum employment and stable prices, was dealing with pandemic-era shutdowns of businesses that were causing unemployment to surge. The Fed kept rates at ultra-low levels until March 2022, when it began to hike rates aggressively to combat inflation.

2 weeks ago - A feared recession didn’t materialize, but unemployment rose, wage growth slowed and affordability challenges are mounting. ... Dec. 22, 2025 · After a chaotic year filled with trade wars, market gyrations and the longest government shutdown in history, the U.S.

3 days ago - Earlier this month, the government ... after cutbacks by the Trump administration. That helped to push the unemployment rate up to 4.6% last month, the highest since 2021....

2 weeks ago - Job growth totaled a seasonally adjusted 64,000 for the month, better than the Dow Jones estimate of 45,000 and up from a sharp decline in October. The unemployment rate rose to 4.6%, more than expected and its highest level since September 2021.

6 days ago - “I wish the Fake News would report the 4.5% correctly,” he added on social media earlier this month, after the Bureau of Labor Statistics put November’s unemployment rate at 4.6%. By the main measure of economic growth – gross domestic ...

2 weeks ago - As we've been reporting, the latest figures from the Labor Department show the US unemployment rate rose to 4.6% last month. That's the highest since September 2021, when the rate stood at 4.7%. At that time, the economy was still struggling ...

Unemployment Rate in the United States increased to 4.60 percent in November from 4.40 percent in September of 2025. This page provides the latest reported value for - United States Unemployment Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, ...

1 week ago - The number of people unemployed briefly surpassed job opportunities in July and August, which hasn't happened since the economic disruptions caused by the pandemic in 2020 and 2021. "Job growth has been very slow over the course of 2025, and it doesn't seem like we've turned around quite yet to translate the pent-up demand for hiring and the recent increase in job openings into actual hires," Nicole Bachaud, an economist at ZipRecruiter, said.

5 days ago - The latest employment report from ... the U.S. economy added 64,000 jobs in November as the unemployment rate edged up to 4.6 percent, the highest level since September 2021....

2 weeks ago - The rate for teens shot up to 16.3%, the highest level since August 2020, from 13.2% in September. Sign up here. The figures were included in the employment report for November that had been delayed by the 43-day U.S. government shutdown in ...

2 weeks ago - Labor Department revisions also knocked 33,000 jobs off August and September payrolls. AP AUDIO: The US gained 64,000 jobs in November but lost 105,000 in October; unemployment rate at 4.6%

3 weeks ago - Data shows the headline unemployment rate continued to climb and hit 4.6%, a four-year high, last month ... The US labor market grew by more than expected last month, recovering some of the damage inflicted by the federal government shutdown, ...

2 weeks ago - US unemployment ticked up last month in the latest sign of job market weakness, but the mixed official report still leaves room for debate among central bankers. The unemployment rate rose to a four-year high of 4.6% in November, up from 4.4% ...

November 20, 2025 - July's gain was revised down from ... mean 33,000 fewer jobs were created than previously reported. Unemployment jumped to 4.4 percent....

2 weeks ago - So Trump’s math is seriously fuzzy – but so is his underlying message that the US job market is significantly stronger than the unemployment rate suggests. The US economy has lost jobs in three of the past six months, and 2025 is on pace to post the worst job growth since 2020.