Based on the Consumer Price Index, the cost of the basket of goods that (supposedly) we typically buy has risen by about 20% since 2020. To offset this “inflation tax,” compensation must rise by at ...

The numbers: The wages and benefits that companies pay their workers rose less than 1% for the second time in the past three quarters, reflecting the waning demand for labor in a slower-growing ...

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- U.S. employment costs rose at the slowest pace in at least 26 years in 2008, the Labor Department reported Friday, a sign that rising unemployment was keeping a lid on ...

The July ADP Employment Change Report showed 122,000 jobs were added to private-sector payrolls (Briefing.com consensus 160,000) following an upwardly revised 155,000 (from 150,000) in June. The 4.8% ...

0920 ET – Treasury yields rise as U.S. data again surprises on the upside. The 1Q employment cost index accelerates to 1.2% from 0.9% in 4Q and faster than consensus of 1% in a Wall Street Journal ...

Higher spending on chronic diseases, weight-loss drugs and hospital bills helped drive the increase.

Lawmakers made an exception for smaller restaurant chains, implicitly acknowledging that the law would come with costs.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — In April, Makenzie Dexter got a short text with a big promise. "We're a Raleigh, NC-based company partnered with a Recruitment Marketing Agency to connect interested candidates with ...