The combination of these factors brings about a long-term average around which the unemployment rate tends to fluctuate, called the natural rate of unemployment (NRU). The term “natural” does not mean ...

Her expertise is in personal finance and investing, and real estate. The U.S. unemployment rate is released on the first Friday of every month for the preceding month. The current and past ...

New report finds shrinking but still solid jobs numbers and lower unemployment as U.S. central bank monitors economy amid ...

Unemployment rates were lower in September in 11 states and the District of Columbia, higher in nine states and stable in 30 states, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Oct. 21.

They devised it to replace the phrase "natural rate of unemployment" for which Milton Friedman and Edmund Phelps also got a Nobel Prize. It was a bit too obviously heartless — acronyms sound nicer.

Nonfarm payrolls were projected to increase by 169,000 in January, according to the Dow Jones consensus forecast.

While the Labor Department released a report on Friday showing employment in the U.S. increased by less than expected in the month of ...

The combination of these factors brings about a long-term average around which the unemployment rate tends to fluctuate, called the natural rate of unemployment (NRU). The term “natural” does not mean ...