A barometer of business health shows Chicago is close to marking two years of decline. The city’s employment rate lags the ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min The job market is cooling, but ...

Discover how rising unemployment signals a weakening labor market and impacts Federal Reserve rate cuts and S&P 500 trends.

Chicago Fed estimates unemployment rate steady at 4.3% in September Planned layoffs drop 37% in September, hiring slow according to Challenger Intuit sees small business hiring down in Q3 Government ...

September labor market data signals a gradual cooling, with ADP reporting unexpected job losses and Challenger showing weak seasonal hiring demand. Labor demand is softening, as seen in ADP and ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min The current job market is rife ...

We discuss the possible deployment of the National Guard to Chicago, a stalled job market, and what the renaming of the Department of Defense might signal. And for more on the possible deployment of ...

WASHINGTON — When Carly Kaprive left a job in Kansas City and moved to Chicago a year ago, she figured it would take three to six months to find a new position. After all, the 32-year old project ...

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are slipping Friday as Wall Street questions whether the U.S. job market has slowed by just enough to get the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates to help the economy, or by so ...

With Chicago looking ahead to a future powered by technology, data centers are playing a starring role. But building and maintaining enough data centers means the city must have enough skilled workers ...