Weakening economic data, underscored by surprisingly poor payroll numbers on Friday, is challenging the strong environment that’s coalesced around the sector.

Futures point to a 0.4 per cent decline for the S&P/ASX200 index at Monday’s open on news of sputtering US jobs growth.

U.S. employers added just 73,000 jobs in July and the May and June numbers were revised sharply lower, boosting the chances ...

Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that set new tariffs on a wide swath of U.S. trading partners to go into effect ...

Nonfarm payrolls increased by just 73,000 last month, well below forecasts, while figures for May and June were revised lower ...

Trump called for the firing of the Labor statistics official after data earlier showed employers added just 73,000 jobs in July, while job gains for the previous two months were largely erased.

Fewer jobs, growing GDP and continued uncertainty about tariffs. Here's how a busy week of economic news might lead to lower ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the latest employment data earlier this morning. Here are the July numbers at a glance. Revisions: Employment in May and June combined is 258,000 lower than ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported earlier on Friday that the US had added 73,000 jobs in July, far lower than expected.

Since unemployment was higher than expected and is potentially nearing a cycle high, the CME FedWatch tool reported that bets for a Fed interest rate cut in September improved to 87% on August 1 from ...

With President Donald Trump's latest executive order on tariffs now set to go into effect Aug. 7, and Friday's report of a ...

Job growth missed the forecast of 106,000 in July, and unemployment rose from 4.1% to 4.2%.