The following information was released by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco: Payroll job growth has slowed significantly in the past year. Slower job growth is typically associated with rising ...

In an uncertain economy, equipment purchases can be less risky than new hires. Capital expenditures can also help companies ...

This is a particularly challenging time for developing and presenting a balanced view of the economic outlook and its implications for investors. This is partly due to dramatic changes in trade, ...

Balancing labor supply and employer demand has major implications for workers, families, communities, companies, and governments. Economists and policymakers think a lot about how to maintain this ...

After last week’s weaker-than-expected payrolls release, the Fed will likely lower policy rates at the next FOMC meeting in September. Although concerns over a slowdown in labor demand have gained ...

Apollo Global Management’s chief economist, Torsten Slok, outlined why U.S. job growth has slowed despite continued economic expansion, pointing to a trio of structural factors shaping the labor ...

Vigilance and discipline remain watchwords in the industrial sector, our latest analysis of the earnings call transcripts of 50 prominent U.S.-based manufacturers shows. With demand not broadly strong ...

“I didn’t see the evidence. Moreover, basic market theory says larger labor supply, lower price. Your theory is smaller labor supply, lower price. It would take a lot of evidence and analysis to ...