The Federal Reserve cut interest rates the second time this year, cutting its benchmark lending rate by a quarter percentage point as they extend efforts to keep the US economic expansion on solid ...

But even so, job growth came in much lower than expected. Employers added just 12,000 jobs in October, down significantly from the 254,000 initially ... House adds. In the Job Openings and Labor ...

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U.S. hiring slowed in October, but fallout from hurricanes and labor strikes likely caused an undercount of the nation’s workers. A fresh jobs report marked the final piece of major economic ...

Sunday was expected to be a record-breaking travel day across the country, including at Chicago-area airports.

The reduced labor force is part of the reason many employers are still scrambling to find candidates to fill open jobs. “Payroll jobs can only grow so fast, given our population and given the ...

The monthly jobs report — the final piece of major economic data to land before a consequential, contentious and too-close-to-call election — was clear as mud. The US economy added just 12,000 ...

The US Treasury added South Korea to a “monitoring list” for foreign-exchange practices that continues to include Japan and Germany, and reiterated its criticism of China’s lack of ...

Stocks are heading into December with the benchmark S&P 500 near record highs following an over 25% year-to-date gain.

Due to a misunderstanding in how the Muscatine County Courthouse project was being done, an $8,726 modification was made to the project without a change order from the Muscatine County Board of ...