Skip to main contentSkip to navigation
Print subscriptions
Newsletters
Sign in

US unemployment and employment statistics

October 2026

  • Collage of Donald Trump surrounded by financial charts, arrows, a fuel can, a briefcase and a shipping container

    ‘We don’t have inflation’? Five charts show the US economic reality of Trump’s second term so far

    As the US midterm elections approach, we take a look at data to see a true picture of the US economy under Trump

September 2026

  • men work at computer terminals

    Good news in US inflation report boosts chances Fed won’t hike rates

    Traders see about a 35% chance of an October rate hike, down from ​about 45% following White House pressure

August 2026

  • Robert Reich

    Reworked
    double quotation markLost jobs, inequality, rogue agents: why are we accepting oligarchs’ AI agenda?

    Robert Reich
  • AI Work

    Reworked
    AI was supposed to destroy jobs. Where’s the carnage?

April 2026

  • A woman walks past a sign that reads 'now hiring'

    US jobs market surpassed expectations in March but February losses were worse than first reported

    Employers added 178,000 new jobs in March and unemployment rate fell to 4.3%, ahead of economists’ predictions

March 2026

  • US college graduates, one with the words 'hire me' on her mortarboard

    US college students: are you about to graduate? We’d like to hear about your job-hunting experience

  • Prices listed at an Exxon gas station with a US flag flying above.

    US inflation stayed flat at 2.4% in February before effects of war on Iran kicked in

January 2026

  • Donald Trump with a diminishing graph superimposed

    The first year of Trump 2.0
    Deportations up, job growth down: Trump’s second term so far – in charts

  • A person walking by a 'now hiring' sign

    US hiring held firm in December capping weakest year of growth since pandemic

December 2025

  • The Federal Reserve building.

    Minutes of latest Federal Reserve meeting reveal deep divide over interest rates

    In an unusual turn, the central bank’s board debated over monetary policy before the latest quarter-point cut
  • a sign reads 'now hiring apply today'

    US lost 105,000 jobs in October and added 64,000 in November, according to delayed data

    Data shows the headline unemployment rate continued to climb and hit 4.6%, a four-year high, last month
  • A 'Help Wanted' sign on a door with a US flag in the background.

    US private payrolls unexpectedly declined in November, ADP says

    Private employment decreased by 32,000 jobs last month after an upwardly revised 47,000 increase in October

October 2025

  • a man in a suit stands next to a man in a suit seated at a desk

    Economists relieved as White House withdraws controversial pick to lead Bureau of Labor Statistics

    Donald Trump wanted EJ Antoni to head agency, but critics said he was too partisan and ‘exceedingly unqualified’

August 2025

  • a man in a suit in a mountainous landscape

    Fed chair Jerome Powell signals interest rate cuts amid Trump attacks

    Powell – whom Trump has urged to resign – addressed ‘challenging’ dichotomy of economic risks, including tariffs
  • a man stands next to a man smiling while seated at a desk

    Conservatives join backlash over Trump pick for head of labor statistics: ‘Not a credible source of information’

    Even Republican economists have criticized president’s pick of EJ Antoni to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics

    • It’s ‘not easy to manipulate data’, warns former labor statistics chief after Trump fires bureau head

    • Trump firing of labor statistics chief ‘undermines credibility’, ex-leaders say

    • Republicans slam Trump’s firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics chief

May 2025

  • The City of London skyline

    Business live
    FTSE notches up its longest-ever winning streak with 15th day of gains – as it happened

    Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as the FTSE nets its longest-ever winning run, Amazon’s Bezos to sell stock worth up to $4.75bn; US employment figures higher than expected

March 2025

  • a graphic illustration of a sharp red rise and fall set on a dollar bill

    Is Trump driving the US into a recession? – in charts

    Warning lights are flashing on a dashboard of economic indicators as analysts grow alarmed about a ‘Trumpcession’
About 272 results for US unemployment and employment statistics
1234...
Explore more on these topics