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Job seekers speak with recruiters at a Recruit Military veterans job fair in Cleveland on Sept. 1, 2016.

Wage gains can’t buy happiness as Americans still dread future

June 9, 2018 at 5:26 a.m.

Companies are hiring, paychecks are growing and Americans are still feeling pretty lousy about the direction of the country, a dichotomy that's revealed itself anew in the waning days of...

‘Gig’ jobs gaining share of workforce, McKinsey says

June 9, 2018 at 11:56 a.m.

Gig work is sweeping advanced economies, but workers on digital platforms like Airbnb and Uber make up just a small share of the independent labor force. About 27 percent of...

Reports that measure the health of everything from the manufacturing sector to the labor market will be released over the next couple of days, and are a critical part of the mosaic of information that Fed presidents are watching to assure them the economy is strong enough to handle a rate hike in June or July.

Fed gets important data this week as officials weigh summer hike

June 10, 2018 at 10:47 a.m.

A flurry of important data has been reported or is set for release this week, giving Federal Reserve officials a chance to gauge whether their forecast for moderate growth and...

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen testifies before to Congress on July 15.

Fed chief concerned about the number of Americans working part-time

June 17, 2018 at 10:52 a.m.

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen has a stubborn warning light blinking on her labor market dashboard: A group of Americans larger than Washington state's population can find only part-time work....

Lean retirement looms for Generation X

June 17, 2018 at 1:25 p.m.

Vera Johnson from Seattle is barely making do, let alone saving for retirement. "I try to remain in the present moment and not live in fear of the future," said...

The young and the creditless: Young adults eschew credit cards

August 24, 2021 at 1:17 a.m.

Samantha Henderson has heard the horror stories of young people buried by too much debt. That's why the Edgewater student doesn't have a Visa or MasterCard, limiting herself to a...

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