A record 12.7 million young people are looking for jobs as the country embraces artificial intelligence — and as the technology begins to upend the work force.

A legislative setback for a manufacturing and housing proposal shows how hard it remains to build in the largest state — and why a backlash against billionaires could make it even harder.

Employers added 162,000 jobs and unemployment held at 4.1 percent last month, signs of a stability that contrasted with high inflation weighing on households and markets.

The president said he could halt trade between the United States and countries with which it has a trade deficit if the central bank doesn’t do his bidding.

What to know about the report.

The jobs report could influence a shaky bond market.

The job market in 2035: More nurses, fewer secretaries.

Lori Chavez-DeRemer spent Labor Department funds on personal travel and tolerated harassment in the agency, its inspector general found.

The Netherlands moved some 90 tons of gold out of the Federal Reserve Bank in New York, the second European nation this year to announce it had decreased or eliminated U.S. gold holdings.

The trade deficit bounced back up last month as spending on data centers to feed the A.I. boom drove up imports.

The Treasury Department released rules that would prevent schools with race-based programs from qualifying for tax-exempt status, a threat to both higher education and other private schools.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent accused China for flooding the world with its cheap exports.

The Treasury Department accused Banque Misr’s branches in the United Arab Emirates of helping Iran. The Emirati central bank promised an examination.

The 2026 revisions by the Bureau of Labor Statistics represent a downward adjustment of just 0.1 percent of the total work force.

Fewer audit and disclosure requirements could reduce costs, but experts say they could also help disguise fraud or financial stress.

A federal investigation and conflict over Israel are preoccupying the United Auto Workers president ahead of a vote that would give him a second term.

Higher revenue and employee limits for small businesses that get federal contracts and loans could disadvantage the smallest companies, their owners say.

The Personal Consumption Expenditure index, the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation tracker, held steady in July.

President Trump vowed to increase tariffs on cars, trucks, auto parts and steel to 50 percent starting Jan. 1, as the countries edged toward a full-blown trade war.

In an interview, Jamieson Greer, President Trump’s trade representative, laid out details of what the United States offered to Canada before talks crumbled.