There has been a surge in the pace of wage growth but a rise in the jobless rate following a big drop in the number of ...

The man said he wasn’t sure if negotiating woul be right, especially since the offer seemed fair and met his financial needs.

The number of people filing unemployment benefits for the first time grew to a seasonally adjusted 223,000 last week, the highest one-week total in more than a month.

Applications for jobless benefits rose by 14,000 for the week ending January 11, the Labor Department said Thursday, up from the previous week’s 203,000. The previous week's figure was the ...