U.S. Unemployment Rate

01 December 2022 Pandemic Market Rally Created "Excess Retirees" and Inflation Risk, Fed Says

Pandemic period gains for stock markets and the resulting windfalls for investors have been cited by Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Jerome Powell for a sharp increase in retirements that is lifting…

08 January 2021 Dollar Reverses Lower after Coronavirus Scuttles Job Market at Year-end

The Dollar Index reversed lower Friday while other currencies were lifted by default when non-farm payrolls figures showed the U.S. job market cracking around year-end and after a period when coron…

02 November 2018 U.S. Dollar Erases Losses after Jobs and Wage Growth Comes Back with a Bang in October

The Dollar pared losses Friday after official data revealed a stronger-than-anticipated increase in the number of jobs created by the economy during October, and a healthy pick-up in the rate of wa…

05 October 2018 U.S. Dollar Spikes Higher after Unemployment Rate Hits Lowest since 1969

The Dollar strengthened Friday after official data showed the U.S. unemployment rate declining to a new multi-decade low while wages continue to grow at a healthy clip in September, which is signif…