The quality and availability of economic data is declining. That could end up with a lot of unemployed Americans and increase the chance of recession.

Economists warn that cracks have started to emerge in the U.S. labor market – including among the country's Black workforce. The unemployment rate for Black Americans hit 7.5% in July, up from 6.1% a ...

In a packed room at library in a downtown Boston, Rep. Ayanna Pressley posed a blunt question: Why are Black women, who have some of the highest labor force participation rates in the country, now ...

Economists have viewed the U.S. labor market as resilient in recent months, but some warn that cracks have started to emerge – including among the country's Black workforce. The unemployment rate for ...

For the week ending May 10, 3,992 people filed initial unemployment insurance claims — which is 46.8% higher than the previous week’s 2,720 claims and a 67.3% increase over a comparable week last year ...

On Tuesday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released revised preliminary benchmarking data showing that close to a million fewer jobs were added to the U.S. economy in the 12 months ending in March ...

Traditional metrics like the Gini Index and U-3 unemployment rate understate true economic inequality and labor market weakness. Growing wealth inequality and understated unemployment threaten ...

Hawai‘i Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism recently announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment ...