The U.S. unemployment rate edged down to 4.4% in December but the economy added just 50,000 jobs, according to the latest ...

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Oregon's unemployment rate remained at 5.2% in November, according to data released by the Oregon Employment Department, ...

Unemployment is on the rise, having gone up by nearly a quarter in just 14 months according to the latest figures from the ...

The U.S. unemployment rate fell in December for the first time in seven months, dipping to 4.4% from a four-year high of 4.5% ...

Even as businesses are reluctant to hire, they are not reducing wages, which increased 3.8% on a year-over-year basis after ...

The rate on a 30-year fixed refinance rose to 6.24% today, according to the Mortgage Research Center. The average rate on a ...

TL;DR: Mortgage rates rose a bit today, but not enough to break your homebuying budget. Some or all of the mortgage lenders featured on our site are advertising partners of NerdWallet, but this does ...

TL;DR: Rates remain in the same 6% range that they've occupied for weeks. Some or all of the mortgage lenders featured on our ...

All eyes are on unemployment this year after job losses surged in 2025, causing the unemployment rate to climb to 4.6% in ...

Mortgage Research Center. The 15-year, fixed-rate refinance mortgage average rate is 5.28%. For 20-year mortgage refinances, ...

The report presented a muddy view of the labor market, with companies reporting a low level of hiring but households showing ...