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Starling Marte’s injury progress has slowed as Mets absence lingers

While the development of one Mets outfielder has slowed, another Mets outfield prospect is returning to the field. Manager Carlos Mendoza said Starling Marte’s latest MRI showed “improvement” but not enough to allow the 35-year-old to resume baseball activities. Marte, who had been sidelined for about three weeks with a bone bruise in his right […]

Slowed job growth shows weakness of Bidenomics

Two pieces of labor market data released midweek depict a bleaker picture of the economy than the one commonly touted by President Joe Biden.  A Bureau of Labor Statistics report from Tuesday shows that job openings fell to the lowest level in April since February 2021. The 8.06 million jobs available, down 300,000 from March, […]

US job growth slowed to 175K jobs in April

U.S. employers increased payrolls by 175,000 jobs in April, a marked slowdown from the average of 276,000 new jobs created per month so far this year. Last month’s hiring pace signals a change from recent trends in the labor market and supports the Fed’s argument that resilience is not yet ready for rate cuts. Job […]

Tommy Kahnle’s progress toward Yankees injury return slowed ‘a little bit’

PHOENIX — Tommy Kahnle’s path back to the Yankees is seeing another speed bump. The relief pitcher started the season on the 15-day disabled list after a shoulder issue that ended last year delayed the start of his offseason pitching program, but he stalled again. After live batting practice in Tampa last week, Kahnle didn’t […]

COVID School Closures Caused Learning Loss, But Some Slowed Spread

On NBC’s Tuesday edition of “The Harry Jackson Report,” host Harry Jackson discussed the new issue. study He spoke of the learning loss caused by coronavirus school closures and acknowledged that politics played a role in school closure policies, but said people under 20 were “not necessarily less likely to spread” the virus. “Experts we […]

February jobs report expected to show hiring slowed last month

The CEO of Mainstay Capital Management insisted the Fed is “very cautious” and won’t be cutting rates for some time. All eyes will be on the February jobs report, released Friday morning, as investors look for clues about the health of the labor market in the face of rising interest rates and persistently high inflation. […]

January jobs report expected to show that hiring slowed last month

Mornings with Maria panelists react to December’s better-than-expected jobs report and detail the expected impact on the labor market and the U.S. economy. All eyes will be on the January jobs report, released Friday morning, as investors look for clues about the health of the labor market in the face of rising interest rates and […]

ADP Says Private Sector Job Growth Slowed in January

An independent measure of U.S. employment showed Wednesday that the pace of hiring by private sector employers slowed in January. Payroll firm ADP said its metrics showed the number of monthly payrolls at U.S. companies rose by 107,000 in the first month of 2024, slowing from a downwardly revised 158,000 in December. The December figure […]