Australia's surprising jobs surge

Amid disturbing childcare allegations - how do we teach children about body safety? 

Sean Diddy Combs denied bail, despite being found not guilty on the most serious charges. 

The fallout from horrific sexual abuse allegations involving a Melbourne child care worker continues, with the Victorian government launching a wide-ranging review of child care safety. 

UK labor market data was stronger than forecast, with some positive revisions to previous month’s data. Anguished corporate cries about tax increases and related projections of mass unemployment do not (so far) appear in any of the data. Employment growth seems especially strong ... Show More

Stocks close lower; job openings trending lower over the last year; logistics sector expands; business inventories lower than last year. 

Today’s jobs report featured a shockingly small number of new hires with just around 12,000 jobs added. However, as FHN Financial’s Christopher Low explains, these dismal figures have more to do with recent extreme weather events and the ongoing strike at Boeing. Plus, we look at ... Show More

Turns out, businesses kept on hiring in spite of predictions. The Labor Department reports that 216,000 new jobs were added in December, and the unemployment rate held steady at 3.7%. We’ll look at longer-term trends and parse out which sectors saw hiring booms. Then, gadget-make ... Show More

The world of work is being buffeted by a torrent of change, with multiple crises raising the magnitude and complexity of employment challenges to unprecedented levels. Labour markets have been hit by disruptive mega-trends that weren’t on our radar just a decade ago. These range ... Show More

Stocks close higher; worker output outpaces hours worked; new unemployment claims increase; Starbucks sales rise. 

In the last week, we’ve seen some solid labor and retail data. Unemployment is low, job availability is high and consumers are spending more than they did last year. But in an economy that’s hyperfocused on tamping down inflation, what’s good for workers might not be good for pri ... Show More

P.M. Edition for Jan. 6. Unemployed workers in certain white-collar sectors are finding it harder to get new jobs. We speak with Wall Street Journal reporter Jasmine Li about what this means for the labor market more broadly. And Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces t ... Show More

Official figures show China has seen a 10-percent increase of renminbi turnover in the first three quarters of this year. 

Plus: U.S. automakers are seeing what might be described as a Trump bump. The Labor Department says U.S. hiring and layoffs mostly held steady in February. And U.S. manufacturing activity fell back into contraction in March. Pierre Bienaimé hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What' ... Show More