Cyclical unemployment is unemployment driven by the business or economic cycle. It can be important for investors to understand. Read on to learn more.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Discover how Keynesian economics can stabilize economies by mitigating boom-bust cycles, as pioneered by John Maynard Keynes in transforming economic theory.

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 ...

Last week’s jobs report wasn’t a “good” report, but it wasn’t a collapse either. Payrolls are still growing modestly, and the unemployment rate hasn’t spiked. Even ...

Yet Thursday’s good news also came as a bit of a surprise. Some economists had expected Trump’s recent firing and buyout offers to nearly 100,000 government workers to begin fueling a rise in the ...

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 ...

A rising unemployment rate signals recession risks as top-heavy large caps hit highs, while mid and small caps offer value.

BERLIN (Reuters) -The number of people out of work in Germany rose in March at the fastest rate since October of 2024, data showed on Friday, as an economic malaise puts pressure on the job market ...