December Jobs Report: U.S. Added 199,000 Jobs
The gain of 199,000 was the weakest of the year, but not for lack of demand: The unemployment rate fell to 3.9 percent, and wages increased.
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Lurking behind lackluster jobs gain are a stagnating labor market and the threat of omicron
Flipping jobs? AP Photo/Jenny KaneThe first U.S. jobs report of 2022 showed continued – if lackluster – growth.
Supply Chain Woes Prompt a New Push to Revive U.S. Factories
Companies are testing whether the United States can regain some of the manufacturing output it ceded in recent decades to China and other countries.
The 'China shock' of trade in the 2000s reverberates in US politics and economics – and warns of the dangers for fossil fuel workers
Containers are seen stacked at a port in Qingdao in China's eastern Shandong province on Jan. 14, 2020. STR/AFP via Getty ImagesIn December 1978, the Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping introduced economic reforms that dramatically altered China’s economy by strengthening trade and cultural ties with the West.
U.S. Effort to Combat Forced Labor Targets Corporate China Ties
The Biden administration is expected to face scrutiny as it decides how to enforce a new ban on products made with forced labor in the Xinjiang region of China.
Fed Officials Discussed Raising Rates Sooner and Faster, Minutes Show
Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s December meeting show that officials are contemplating when and how quickly to lift interest rates.
How cybercriminals turn paper checks stolen from mailboxes into bitcoin
Mailboxes are increasingly becoming the scene of a crime.
Toyota Topped G.M. in U.S. Car Sales in 2021
After struggling to produce cars because of a global computer chip shortage, automakers are trying to move quickly to making electric vehicles.
Job Openings Report Shows Record Number of Workers Quit in November
Government data for November shows the continuing disruption of the coronavirus in the labor market.
Only 17% of Workers Say Their Pay Has Matched Inflation
A survey shows a vast majority of Americans across party lines are concerned about the rise in prices.
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