The national unemployment rate is 4.3%, but it's higher for recent college graduates, 5.7%. The underemployment rate for new college grads is shockingly high, at 42.5% in the fourth quarter of 2025.

I continued my job search and finally received a job offer.Normally, I should be happy. But once I actually get the offer, ...

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The cost of tariffs are showing up in the economy, but so far price increases have been small and gradual. Bad news on the U.S. jobs market is likely to induce Federal Reserve policymakers to cut ...

Inflation has steadied and interest rates are finally coming down. But for many Australians, especially those in low-paid, insecure or precarious work, the cost-of-living crisis feels far from over.

Cracks are emerging in both the housing and jobs markets, threatening to trigger a broader economic downturn if momentum shifts worsen. Housing prices are unsustainably high relative to incomes, and ...

Gen X may have once been called slackers by their Silent Generation and baby boomer grandparents and parents, but once they entered the workforce, they hit the ground running. Now that many of their ...

Sarah felt trapped. After months of searching, she'd landed what she thought was a dream job — but the reality, she discovered just a month in, was a nightmare. Her team was stretched too thin. Her ...

School has started up again, but current high schoolers likely had a very different summer than their parents did as teens. Only about a third of teenagers work summer jobs now, compared with more ...