Economic Indicators

Tesla CEO Elon Musk now says he expects the overall headcount at the electric automaker to grow over the next year but the number of salaried staff should be little changed.

The Federal Reserve may trigger a recession with its war on inflation, but economists think the downturn will be a mild one.

The May jobs report came in much hotter than expected, with hiring at the leisure and hospitality industry leading the way.

The U.S. economy continued to see healthy job growth in May, indicating the labor market is still strong despite headwinds from rising interest rates, soaring inflation, a worsening labor shortage and fears of a slowdown.

The Labor Department's May jobs report is expected to show that while payroll growth continued at a modest pace, it slowed markedly from previous months.

The Biden administration is trying to emphasize to voters that it's maximizing efforts to bring prices under control as inflation hovers near a 40-year high.

Good orders at U.S. factories rose far less than expected in April, likely the result of continued supply chain snarls.

Private companies added just 128,000 jobs in May, sharply, marking the worst month for job creation since April 2020, when the pandemic shut down a broad swath of the nation's economy.

FOX Business host Larry Kudlow rips President Biden's plan to address inflation and reveals a better plan to help the struggling U.S. economy on 'Kudlow.'

Economists from Credit Union National Association (CUNA) predict that the Federal Reserve's fight against inflation could send interest rates soaring and also spur a recession as soon as next year.

The Federal Reserve said in a new report Wednesday that inflationary pressures, a labor shortage and supply chain bottlenecks continued to weigh on businesses.

Federal Reserve officials will begin winding down their massive balance sheet on Wednesday at a combined monthly pace of $47.5 billion.

A near-record number of Americans quit their jobs in April, while employers posted a high number of open jobs, suggesting the labor market remains extremely tight.

The headline unemployment figure is artificially depressed by excluding people who might only be earning a few dollars a week, but who want to find full-time work.

President Biden and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will focus on the U.S. economy, particularly soaring inflation, during a rare White House meeting on Tuesday.

More than 250 flights have been canceled Sunday for flights to and from U.S. cities during peak travel periods over the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Over 1,000 were canceled Saturday.

The odds of an economic downturn in the United States over the course of the next 12 months are somewhere between 35% and 40%, according to economist Greg Daco.

A New York Fed survey shows that most U.S. households think the high inflation environment will not fade over the next 12 months.

Thursday estimates from the Census Bureau revealed population loss in eight of the 10 largest U.S. cities during the first year of the deadly coronavirus pandemic.

Economists are becoming increasingly concerned about a potential recession after the GDP contracted more than previously estimated in the first quarter of 2022.