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11:46 a.m. ET, May 3, 2024 Labor force participation of prime working age women is at a record high The employment rate of women in their prime working years just hit an all-time high in April. The labor force participation rate for women between the ages of 25 and 54 climbed 0.3 percentage points to […]
Another month, another burst of better-than-expected job gains. Employers added 303,000 jobs in March on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Labor Department reported on Friday, and the unemployment rate fell to 3.8 percent, from 3.9 percent in February. Expectations of a recession among experts, once widespread, are now increasingly rare. It was the 39th straight […]
10:02 a.m. ET, April 5, 2024 Most countries would love to have this economy. Why don’t Americans feel better about it? From CNN’s David Goldman A customer shops at a grocery store on February 13 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson/Getty Images The US job market is on fire. With 39 straight months of job growth, […]
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on January 31. Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images/File US stocks were higher after key jobs data came in stronger than expected. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 48 points, or 0.1%. The S&P 500 was 0.3% higher, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite was up 0.4%. Treasury yields […]
Portland will now have six players represented at the Gold Cup. In addition to the quartet of Americans, midfielder Jessie Fleming and defender Reyna Reyes have been called upon to represent Canada and Mexico, respectively. Thorns FC will now have the second-most players at the Gold Cup from a single National Women’s Soccer League team, […]
Listen to this article here After many years of wanting to implement new sports, the 2028 Olympics will soon introduce flag football to the global stage. Flag football involves 10 individuals with a 5-on-5 on each side of the field. Unlike football, in flag football, there are no offensive and defensive lineman. The “tackles” are […]
9:06 a.m. ET, October 6, 2023 Analysis: Here’s why this jobs report is going to cost you From CNN’s David Goldman The US economy feels lousy for many people. A majority of Americans say President Joe Biden’s policies have made economic conditions worse, according to a CNN Poll conducted by SSRS. So you’d think some really, […]
North America’s first Black female newspaper publisher will be immortalized in international archives. The archival records of Mary Ann Shadd Cary have been added to the Canada Memory of UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register. The Memory of the World program is a UNESCO program that helps facilitate preservation and access to cultural records and […]
Chancellor Kent Syverud has appointed Dean Michael Speaks and Kathleen (Kati) Foley as representatives to the Board of Trustees. Speaks, dean of the School of Architecture, has been named the academic dean representative to the board, and Foley, project director and administrative assistant to the dean in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, has […]
The United States labor market is starting to look a lot like its old self — the one that existed before the pandemic. The Federal Reserve’s interest rate increases have chilled investment, high-flying industries have returned to earth, and workers are staying put in their jobs rather than jumping for higher pay. Employers added 187,000 […]