Megan Leonhardt

A resilient U.S. economy is expected to help drive solid employment growth in March. But higher payroll gains are unlikely to shift the Federal Reserve’s timing on interest-rate cuts. The Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the March jobs report on Friday, April 5, at 8:30 a.m. ET. Economists s

While the U.S. unemployment rate hit a two-year high of 3.9% in February, the share of Americans out of work or actively seeking a job slipped to 3.8%, or about 6.4 million, in March. This is in line with estimates from economists surveyed by FactSet, who expected the unemployment rate to have mode

Wage growth, a closely watched metric, bounced higher last month to 0.3% from the 0.2% logged in February, but remained in line with expectations. Wage gains are closely tied to inflation in the services sector, which has proved stubbornly persistent. Federal Reserve officials have said they would

The Bureau of Labor Statistics again issued revisions to its previous payroll estimates, but the updates weren’t as significant as the downward revisions included in February’s jobs report. Friday’s report noted that total nonfarm payroll employment for February was revised down by 5,000, from 275,

Much of the recent hiring has been in areas that are less affected by higher interest rates, such as the public sector and education, but the latest data show that broadened slightly last month. The bulk of March’s job gains occurred in healthcare, government, and construction, the Bureau of Labor

Employers continued to add to their payrolls at a solid clip last month, indicating that the U.S. labor market remains resilient. The U.S. added 303,000 jobs in March according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Friday. The consensus call among economists surveyed by FactSet was for nonfar

In recent months, there have been some mixed signals in the Bureau of Labor Statistics employment data around the true state of the U.S. job market. The bureau uses two surveys to compile its jobs repor

While price pressures eased slightly in March from earlier in the year, progress on bringing down inflation to the Federal Reserve’s 2% target has become bumpy, economists expect the latest data to show. That could further impact the timing of interest rate cuts. The March consumer price index data

The Bureau of Economic Analysis will release its first estimate of the inflation-adjusted gain in gross domestic product during the first quarter at 8:30 a.m. Eastern on Thursday.

Almost every indicator, from employment and income to business activity and retail sales, has painted a picture of a resilient U.S. economy over the past three months. But Thursday will provide a first look at the overall picture: Economists expect a quarter of fairly strong growth. The Bureau of E