Mortgage rates fell to their lowest levels since March because job growth has been surprisingly weak this summer. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.7% in the week ending Aug. 7, down from ...
The U.S. economy added nearly 200,000 jobs in November, boosted by returning workers from the union strikes in the auto industry and hiring in the health care and government sectors, data from the U.S ...
Because of the government shutdown, which started at midnight on Oct. 1, the Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report, a key indicator for the Fed and other analysts, wasn’t published in early October.