While the Biden administration has accelerated processing after Trump-era restrictions and a pandemic slowdown, visa backlogs remain large.

The Labor Department found a rise in the number of posted jobs per worker in December, despite the Fed’s efforts to cool the labor market.

The Biden administration has set out to measure the economic value of ecosystems, offering new statistics to weigh in policy decisions.

Trillions of dollars in government spending will profoundly affect the labor market, but in ways hard to measure, and mostly under the surface.

The Federal Reserve’s moves to cool the economy with higher interest rates seem to be taking gentle hold. Wage growth lost momentum.

Forecasters estimate that employers added 200,000 jobs in December, a robust number though a bit below the average in recent months.

The number of people receiving unemployment benefits has been rising, even as new claims remain low.

Core inflation, which strips out volatile food and energy prices, slowed to 6 percent over the year, an indication that price increases are slowing broadly.

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Employers added 263,000 workers in November, even as some industries showed signs of a slowdown. Wage growth exceeded expectations.