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American employers added a robust 292,000 jobs in December, suggesting that the U.S. economy is so far defying global weakness and growing solidly.

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week, reflecting a job market that continues to look ...

In economics, nobody likes it but everybody has to live with it: uncertainty. It makes business decisions difficult ...

Business economists are slightly less bullish about prospects for economic growth next year, according to a survey published ...

Since the cost of going to college is an important concern for a large segment of voters, the ...

Following the end of World War II, the United States dominated global economics. But steadily this primacy declined...

Few debates raise blood pressure more readily than those about the welfare state, especially those regarding the personality ...

The decision to allow all Chinese families two children is more about maintaining social harmony than an attempt ...

The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment aid barely rose last week and the average level of applications ...

The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid fell last week, matching the lowest level in 42 years

Austerity works. That's the message of Pedro Passos Coelho, the Portuguese prime minister, to voters.

The Department of Labor reported that added jobs in July was well below a year earlier, and new ...

More people sought U.S. unemployment benefits last week, though the increase was from a very low level and ...

Half of young Greeks are unemployed, and over 40 percent live in poverty. Is default really worse than ...

WASHINGTON—The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment aid rose slightly last week, but remained at a historically low ...

Rebounding from a dismal start to the year, the U.S. economy added 223,000 jobs in April, a solid ...

WASHINGTON—More Americans sought unemployment benefits last week. Yet even with the increase, applications for jobless aid remain low, ...

The Federal Reserve economic policy committee meets this week to consider whether to open the door to raising ...

Low-skilled immigrants do so much better that low-skilled natives at getting jobs it tells something about the U.S. ...

Despite another strong employment number, the absence of wage or price inflation should give the Fed space to ...

WASHINGTON—The United States capped its best year for hiring in 15 years with a healthy gain in December, ...

NEW YORK—This year showed how sheltered the U.S. economy is from geopolitical and health crises around the world. ...

There can be no doubt that the job market has been more resilient since the financial crisis than ...

Around the country, areas with the strongest job markets increasingly have some of the costliest homes. And areas ...

More than 5 million people were hired in September, the most since December 2007 when the recession began, ...

We've heard a lot of talk about current accounts, GDP, CPI as well as a whole blizzard of ...

The economy added 214, 000 jobs in October. The pace has picked up over the last year, but ...