U.S. employers added 29,000 jobs in September as the unemployment rate inched up to 4.2%. Job gains for July and August were revised down by a total of 60,000 jobs, extending a lackluster run for the job market.

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The Labor Department offered an update Friday on the strength of the U.S. job market. The news comes as long-term interest rates have been climbing.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks to Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, about high bond yields and the September jobs report.

There's a tax loophole that lets millionaires and billionaires drawdown their taxes… to nothing. So what does tax-loss harvesting mean and why is it still allowed?

Mortgage rates are at their highest level in almost three years. The rising cost of borrowing is driving life's major purchases further out of reach.

Most adults in the U.S. cannot consistently afford health care. That’s according to a recent Gallup poll.

Newly constructed homes now cost less than existing homes in many U.S. markets, reversing a years-long trend.

This South Florida community is typically a refuge for Canadians fleeing cold weather, but trade tensions between the United States and Canada mean fewer are coming.

Kansas is one of the states leading what's been a national drop in people able to get government food assistance or SNAP benefits.