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 ...

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 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 ...

Stocks opened lower and bond yields spiked after the employment cost index rose on a quarterly basis for the first time since the first quarter of 2023. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 125 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Labour’s Employment Rights Bill will cost businesses up to £5bn a year, the government’s own impact assessment says. The legislation, which returns to the Commons for its second reading on Monday, ...

Greggs is on the lookout to open new shops, particularly in travel hubs like train or bus stations and airports, in petrol stations, supermarkets, retail parks and south England in general.