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The unemployment rate for Black women fell in December

A jobseeker holds flyers during the New York Public Library’s annual Bronx Job Fair & Expo at the the Bronx…

Here’s where the jobs are for December 2024 – in one chart

December’s job report marked yet another month of stronger-than-expected growth, with gains coming from many different parts of the U.S.…

Jobs report December 2024:

A ”Now Hiring” sign hangs above the entrance to a McDonald’s restaurant in Miami Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty…

Fed Governor Bowman says December interest rate cut should be the last

Michelle Bowman, governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve, speaks during the Exchequer Club meeting in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 21,…

Lebanon’s army chief elected president, showing regional shifts

Lebanese lawmakers attend a parliamentary session to elect a president, in Beirut, on Jan. 9, 2025.  Anwar Amro | Afp…

Slower pace ahead for rate cuts

Federal Reserve officials at their December meeting expressed concern about inflation and the impact that President-elect Donald Trump’s policies could…

EIX, EBAY, GETY and more

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. eBay – Shares jumped 9.7% and touched 52-week highs after announcing…

Covid stimulus may have contributed ‘a little bit’ to inflation

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Wednesday that the stimulus spending signed into law by President Joe Biden to aid the…

Trump could declare national economic emergency to justify universal tariffs, CNN reports

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump makes remarks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. Jan. 7, 2025.  Carlos Barria | Reuters…

Private sector companies added 122,000 jobs in December, less than expected, ADP says

A worker adjusts hiring signage at a job and resource fair hosted by the Mountain Area Workforce Development Board in…