Nonfarm payrolls

US job growth slows sharply, unemployment rate falls to 4.5%

The unemployment rate fell two-tenths of a percentage point to 4.5 percent, the lowest level since May 2007.

Apr 07, 2017, 18:22 PM IST

US job growth slows, unemployment rate at 8-year low

Nonfarm payrolls increased by 151,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate slipped to 4.9 percent, the lowest since February 2008, the Labor Department said on Friday.

 

Feb 05, 2016, 22:20 PM IST

Wall Street falls as jobs report fuels rate hike anxiety

U.S. stocks were down in afternoon trading on Friday as a mixed August jobs report did little to quell investor uncertainty over whether the Federal Reserve will increase rates by mid-September.

Sep 04, 2015, 23:13 PM IST