Business | June 30, 2000
America's longest economic expansion has failed to benefit all workers, as poverty levels among full-time employees have changed little since the early 1970s, a study made public Thursday found.
News | Mary Williams Walsh | September 4, 1999
Jobs grew at an unexpectedly gentle rate during August while wages rose moderately, news that triggered sharp rallies Friday in stock and bond markets in the hope that a possible slowdown will hold inflation in check.
News | Peter G. Gosselin | August 7, 1999
The U.S. economy added 310,000 more workers last month, the government said Friday, a greater-than-expected surge that pushed wages up at their fastest pace of the year and lifted the odds that an inflation-wary Federal Reserve will raise interest rates later this month.
News | Nancy Rivera Brooks | April 30, 1999
The wages and benefits of American workers so far this year have risen at their slowest pace in almost two decades, clouding what had been some of the brightest news about the current boom--its recent success at improving the lots of a broad swath of working people.
Business | January 29, 1999
Brisk economic growth in 1998 pushed up Americans' wages and benefits by 3.4%, the fastest growth in five years and a slight improvement over 1997. The gain reported Thursday by the Labor Department in its employment cost index marked the third consecutive year of improvement.
Business | John M. Berry | July 31, 1998
American workers' wages and benefits rose 3.5% in the year ended last month, the largest gain since 1993, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Until the beginning of last year, compensation had remained fairly flat during an otherwise broad expansion of the economy.
Business | July 31, 1998
Americans enjoyed solid pay gains this spring that allowed them to buy new homes at a record rate in June, the government said Thursday in reports that reflected an underlying strength in the U.