The jobs report on Tuesday "paints a sobering picture of a job market that may officially be turning frigid after a prolonged cooling period," Laura Ullrich, director of economic research in North America at the Indeed Hiring Lab, told ABC News in a statement.

A modest uptick in economic growth, beneficial legislation and lower interest rates should help companies boost profitability in 2026.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says AI spending is lifting growth and could help boost productivity, but raises questions about the impact it may have on the labor market.

November’s job report may be distorted as a result of the government shutdown, limiting how much it will influence the Federal Reserve’s next interest rate decision in January.

Federal Reserve officials will issue new economic projections, after a year that saw a hoped-for "soft landing" from inflation morph into renewed price pressures due to rising tariffs and the supply of workers constrained by an immigration crackdown.

The Leading Economic Index, published by research group The Conference Board, fell 0.3% to 98.3 in September, after a similar 0.3% decrease in August.

Employers added 64,000 jobs in November, according to data delayed by the government shutdown. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.6 percent, the highest level in four years.

President Donald Trump bragged to Pennsylvanians last week that he’d delivered an “unbelievable” economy. Now, it’s up to Vice President JD Vance to explain why they’re not yet feeling the benefits.

The annual forecast is produced by the UGA Selig Center for Economic Growth, which has tracked Georgia's economy for more than four decades.

Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday defended the Trump administration’s economic record against polling showing most Americans disapprove of its handling of the economy, urging voters to give the White House more time to fix what he called the “nightmare” inherited from President Joe Biden.