Lydia DePillis

Payrolls expanded and unemployment dropped last month after a health care strike ended and a harsh winter abated.

Lower immigration has brought labor supply in line with shaky demand, but economists worry that such a slow-moving job market is at risk of toppling over.

Tech companies are running into resistance from neighbors and may not be able to build at the pace they promised investors.

The Small Business Administration lent $378 billion to keep businesses afloat. Getting paid back is proving difficult.

An aging population is drawing workers to medical and social care, creating reliable jobs and revealing weakness for the rest of the economy.

Rising energy prices, snarled supply chains and higher government debt could all hurt American consumers.

Solid jobs data and a soft inflation reading for January are welcome news for President Trump. But the bigger economic picture is less encouraging.

Economists have noticed that betting markets like Kalshi and Polymarket are pretty good at predicting not just political events but economic data, too.

Employment data for January is set to be released by the Labor Department on Wednesday.

Sixteen elected treasury officials, all Democrats, wrote to President Trump to say ICE crackdowns are bad for business and tax revenues: “People must feel safe to go to work.”

Under Bill Pulte, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have pulled away from efforts to help low-income people buy homes.

Surging grocery prices were offset by lower increases for appliances and vehicles in the last such report before the Federal Reserve meets to debate interest rates.