Labor Department

Inflation is affecting the cost of food, housing and other necessities, and that has North Texans assessing their finances and safeguarding their money.

The consumer price index, which measures the average change over time in the prices of goods and services, surged 8.5% on the year in March, the U.S. Department of Labor said Tuesday.

America’s employers extended a streak of robust hiring in March, adding 431,000 jobs in a sign of the economy’s resilience in the face of a still-destructive pandemic and the highest inflation in 40 years

Inflation soared over the past year at its highest rate in four decades, hammering America’s consumers, wiping out pay raises and reinforcing the Federal Reserve’s decision to begin raising borrowing rates across the economy

America’s employers boosted their hiring in October, adding a solid 531,000 jobs, the most since July and a sign that the recovery from the pandemic recession is overcoming a virus-induced slowdown

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to a new low point since the pandemic erupted, evidence that layoffs are declining as companies hold onto workers

Inflation at the wholesale level rose 8.6% in September compared to a year ago, the largest advance since the 12-month change was first calculated in 2010.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week by 14,000 to 385,000, more evidence that the economy and the job market are rebounding briskly from the coronavirus recession

Wages and salaries rose at a healthy pace in the three months ended in June as employers competed to find enough workers to fill millions of available jobs.

The Labor Department released a report Friday indicating an economic rebound from the pandemic recession.

The Biden administration nullified a Trump-era rule Wednesday that would have made it easier to classify workers as independent contractors

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits declined last week to 837,000, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. On Friday, the government will issue the jobs report for September.