Employment

Forecasts call for improvement from recent weak readings.

Interest rates, tax brackets, and Social Security payments all ride on independent oversight of US economic data.

Job growth came in far below expectations, and previous months were revised lower.

The odds of a September interest rate cut have doubled.

Prior-month job gains were revised down significantly; unemployment rate rose to 4.2%.

Tariff uncertainty and immigration policies are seen weighing on the jobs market.

State and local government hiring spiked, but private-sector hiring slowed.

Unemployment rate little-changed at 4.1%.

Labor market “slowing, but no cause for alarm yet,” says BlackRock’s Rogal.

Fed seen holding interest rates steady in June as tariff and federal job cut impacts remain uncertain.

Unemployment rate held steady at 4.2%.

Economists say tariffs and federal workforce cuts have yet to meaningfully hit jobs numbers.

Fed rate cuts seen as on hold until July as officials wait for more data on tariff impacts.

Unemployment rate unchanged at 4.2%.

Fed looks likely to cut rates in June.

Weather and returning strikers may have lifted March hiring increase.

Unemployment rate seen ticking higher against an uncertain economic backdrop.

Fed interest-rate changes are seen on hiatus as tariffs and federal government job cuts cloud the outlook.

Unemployment rate ticked up to 4.1%.

Federal layoffs and tighter immigration policy could weigh on job growth.