But two industries have bucked the trend: Health care and social assistance, the latter of which comprises services like child care and counseling, economists told ABC News. If not for job growth in those two sectors, the labor market would have suffered net job losses over the past three months.

The UK jobs market has continued to cool as vacancies fell and the number of people on payrolls dropped, the latest official figures suggest. Job openings fell by 5.8% to 718,000 between May to July across nearly all industries,

The Bank of England's view appears to be borne out by the most recent set of job numbers. Click here to read more.

Senior White House officials say there’s no plan to suspend the crucial monthly jobs report, shooting down an idea espoused by President Donald Trump’s new nominee to run the agency that produces the data.

EJ Antoni, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is no longer considering suspending the monthly jobs report — one of the most crucial and historic measurements of US economic activity — after proposing the unprecedented action during an interview that published Tuesday.