A new employer survey shows premiums for a family climbed in 2025 as companies and their workers pay more for coverage.
Category: Labor and Jobs
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Workers and Employers Face Higher Health Insurance Costs
A new employer survey shows premiums for a family climbed in 2025 as companies and their workers pay more for coverage.
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How a Long Government Shutdown Could Leave Scars on the Economy
The effect is rippling beyond missing paychecks to federal services that support much of the economy.
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After an ICE Raid in Rural Georgia, Hyundai Keeps Betting on America
The revival of America’s industrial base is happening amid pine forests and peanut farms. And it’s being led by a South Korean company.
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Wealthy Americans Are Spending. People With Less Are Struggling.
Data show a resilient economy. But that largely reflects spending by the rich, while others pull back amid high prices and a weakening labor market.
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Are You a Young Employee Asked to Spend More Time in the Office?
Please tell us how stricter return-to-office mandates are affecting your work life and home life.
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Stellantis, Faced With Trump’s Tariffs, Scraps Plans to Increase Auto Production in Canada
Canadian leaders blame the move by Stellantis, the automaker, to abandon production in Ontario on President Trump’s tariffs. Mr. Trump says he wants to increase domestic production.
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Is the Fed Too Confident About Inflation? Some Economists Think So.
The central bank confronts “no risk-free path” in balancing the risk of a sharp slowdown in the labor market and resurgent price pressures.
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In This Economy, ‘Job Hugging’ Is in, Job Hopping Is Out
Workers, who were quitting at high rates a few years ago, are now “job hugging” — or, as one consulting firm put it, “holding on to their jobs for dear life.”
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A Tough Job for Jay Powell at the Fed Gets Tougher
Some at the central bank don’t feel the need to cut rates further this year; others are worried about the jobs market. That complicates the job of Jay Powell, its chair.
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New York Fed’s John Williams Favors More Rate Cuts
John Williams, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, is primarily concerned with weakness in the labor market.