Job openings rose for the second straight month in May, as trade tensions cooled and employers shrugged off uncertainty to add to their payrolls.

President Joe Biden on Friday called the May jobs report "great news" about the economic recovery from the pandemic, touting that his administration has led a historic rebound.. The U.S. economy ...

In May, the economy once again shed full-time jobs and only added part-time ones. However, compared to May 2024, full-time employment is up more than 1.5 million, so it’s certainly not all bad news.

The May jobs report showed a robust 139,000 gain in payrolls, above consensus expectations, and comes even amid peak trade uncertainty. Total non-farm payrolls increased by 139,000 in May, ...

Most coverage of the May jobs data said the picture was pretty good, an assessment with which I largely concurred. The economy added 139,000 jobs and the unemployment rate remained at 4.2 percent ...

The federal government shed 22,000 jobs, however, the most since November 2020, as Trump’s job cuts and hiring freeze had an impact. And factories lost 8,000 jobs last month.

Job gains in the prior two months were both revised, with job creation in April revised up by 11,000 from a gain of 147,000 to 158,000; and May job gains were revised up by 5,000 from a gain of ...

US job growth outpaced expectations, ... Revisions to prior months also showed stronger hiring than previously reported. April and May job gains were revised upward by a combined 16,000 jobs.

You’ve been offered a buyout. Your employer wants to pay you to quit. It’s a big chunk of change. Should you accept? In this job market, perhaps not.