In the latest jobs report, out Friday, there’s some details to like and and some to be worried about. On the “maybe we should worry about this” side, the labor force participation rate — aka the ...

CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s labor force participation rate peaked at 55% following an extreme drop following the COVID-19 pandemic, but a steady drop in both labor force participation and increases ...

Whatever the bump from immigrant marriages and birth, labor force participation continues to slide. The participation rate fell from 62.7 percent in late 2024 to 62.4 percent by the end of 2025, a ...

The data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics also shows Indiana’s unemployment rate improved for a fifth month in a row, and remains better than the national rate. One measure of the strength ...

A new labor market analysis based on June 2025 data revealed that a significant number of women have left the U.S. labor force this year. According to the National Women's Law Center (NWLC) review of ...

Over the past generation, the work trends for older Americans were one of the bright spots in an otherwise decidedly mixed labor force picture. But that is no longer the case. Both employment and ...

Wall Street bigwigs, major investors, stock analysts, and economists agree on very little these days. Whether it's about technical levels, recession indicators, or the yield curve, everyone seems to ...

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Paul Toomey is the President of Geographic Solutions. He's an expert in labor market data, workforce development and unemployment insurance. Over the last 140 years, the United States’ ability to ...

Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau, vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, shared views on the current economy and the outlook from the Economic Research Department as of January 15, 2026.

Labor force participation for women with small children continues to float above prepandemic levels, thanks to flexible work setups — and rising costs. By Sydney Ember Mothers of young children surged ...