Jobs & Labor

October 2, 2026
Boldly Financial
Breaking, Jobs & Labor

September Added Just 29,000 Jobs, and Wall Street Took It as Good News

The most important economic report of the month landed Friday morning, and it told a story of a job market that is barely growing. The Labor Department reported that...

October 1, 2026
Boldly Financial
Analysis, Jobs & Labor

84,000 Jobs: The Number That Will Decide October

Friday morning at 8:30 Eastern, one number will tell us more about where this economy is headed than anything else we have heard all week. The Bureau of Labor...

October 1, 2026
Boldly Financial
Breaking, Jobs & Labor

Friday’s Playbook: The Jobs Report Takes the Stage

Friday brings the week’s main event. At 8:30am ET, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the September employment report, the single number that will set the tone for October...

October 1, 2026
Boldly Financial
Breaking, Jobs & Labor

Your Thursday Playbook: Jobless Claims, Factory Data, and Nike After the Bell

Thursday mornings have a rhythm on Wall Street, and today the beat is data, data, data. If you want to know where the economy stands as October begins, today...

September 28, 2026
Boldly Financial
Breaking, Jobs & Labor

Your Week Ahead Cheat Sheet: PCE, Jobs, and a Central Bank Double Feature

Monday mornings can feel like standing at the base of a mountain and squinting at the peak. This week the peak is crowded: a fresh read on inflation, a...

September 27, 2026
Boldly Financial
Jobs & Labor, News

Monday’s Inbox: Earnings, a Jobs Report, and the Iran Talks That Could Move Oil

Sunday night is when the next week’s homework gets assigned, so here is the assignment. The week of September 28 to October 2 packs two of the most market-moving...

September 27, 2026
Boldly Financial
Guides, Jobs & Labor

Friday’s Jobs Report, Decoded: How to Read the Most Watched Number in American Finance

On Friday at 8:30 a.m. ET, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the September employment report, and for about ten minutes the entire financial world will hold its...

September 26, 2026
Boldly Financial
Analysis, Jobs & Labor

AI Redrew the Entry-Level Job, and the Pay Gap Is Now 62 Percent Wide

Jobs that require AI skills now pay 62 percent more than comparable roles that do not, up from 57 percent a year ago. That is the headline finding of...

September 25, 2026
Boldly Financial
Jobs & Labor, News

Next Week’s Calendar: Everything Builds to Friday’s Jobs Report

Markets are closed this weekend, which gives everyone two days to rest before one of the most consequential weeks of the fall. Next week brings a full slate of...

September 18, 2026
Boldly Financial
Jobs & Labor

370,000 Jobs Vanished From the Information Sector in Four Years — and August’s Jobs Report Barely Noticed

She was a video editor in Los Angeles — fifteen years cutting trailers, the kind of craftsperson whose name flashes by in three seconds at the end of something...