employment

Small business hiring tightens as job openings rise, NFIB says

March 13, 2026 Dan Reeves

RALEIGH — Small businesses across the country continue to face a tight labor market, with hiring demand rising even as employers report difficulty finding qualified workers, according to the latest jobs report from the National […]

US gained 64K jobs in November, lost 105K in October

December 21, 2025 Paul Wiseman

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States gained a decent 64,000 jobs in November but lost 105,000 in October as federal workers departed after cutbacks by the Trump administration, the government said in delayed reports. Both […]

Employers add 139K jobs in May; hiring slows

June 14, 2025 Paul Wiseman

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. employers slowed hiring last month but still added a solid 139,000 jobs amid uncertainty over President Donald Trump’s trade wars. Hiring fell from a revised 147,000 in April, the Department of […]

Employers added 177K jobs as market shows resilience

May 10, 2025 Paul Wiseman

WASHINGTON, D.C. — American employers added a surprising 177,000 jobs in April as the job market showed resilience in the face of President Donald Trump’s trade wars. Hiring fell slightly from a revised 185,000 in […]

US employers add 151K jobs last month, unemployment up to 4.1%

March 15, 2025 Paul Wiseman

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. employers added 151,000 jobs last month, but the outlook is cloudy. The Labor Department reported Friday that hiring was up from a revised 125,000 in January. Economists had expected 160,000 new […]

Surging job market could prove costly as quick rate cut odds fade

January 20, 2025 Paul Wiseman

WASHINGTON — U.S. job growth surged and unemployment fell last month, an unexpected show of strength that may prove costly to homebuyers and businesses who were counting on sharply lower interest rates to lower the […]

12K jobs added in October as hurricanes, strikes reduce payrolls

November 9, 2024 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — America’s employers added 12,000 jobs in October, a total economists say was held down by the effects of strikes and hurricanes that left many workers temporarily off payrolls. The report provided a […]

MATTHEWS: Cancel culture absolutely must go in 2021

January 6, 2021 Stacey Matthews, North State Journal

Though it was sprinkled with bits of good news here and there, for the most part, 2020 was not a good year — primarily because of the COVID-19 outbreak and all the sickness and sorrow […]

HILL: Socialism is supposed to be better than full employment in America?

December 11, 2019 Frank Hill

Friday’s job report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics was a head-turner for everyone in the labor force, job-seekers and every politician with any sense at all. It should be a major alarm bell for Democrats and their operatives who insist […]

SKVARLA: Charlotte is Amazon’s Answer

October 4, 2017 Ray Nothstine

It’s been called the Olympics of the corporate world, Amazon Idol and the biggest economic development event in a generation. It’s thrown the economic development world into mayhem. It’s the race for HQ2. Earlier this […]