The JOLTS data are typically a bit stale, but still serve as a good approximation of demand and slack within the labor market ...

Last week’s jobs report wasn’t a “good” report, but it wasn’t a collapse either. Payrolls are still growing modestly, and the ...

Is the US labor market in the calm before the storm? Economists say the Beveridge curve is the signal to watch.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The lessons of the last economic crisis always loom large. Following the Great Recession, a consensus began to build that America hadn’t done enough to stimulate the economy through the early 2010s. A ...