Is the US labor market in the calm before the storm? Economists say the Beveridge curve is the signal to watch.

The U.S. job market cooled further in the past month, based on a raft of recently released reports. But there is no sign of a steep downturn that would suggest an imminent recession. The latest ...

State-level unemployment claims can provide a real-time measure of national labor market conditions and the overall state of the economy. A rapid and widespread buildup of stress in state labor ...