Mortgages

As the pipeline dries up, 83% of senior leaders report a talent shortage this year, up from 70% in 2022, with 10% this year saying it's worsening.

Private sector employment grew by 122,000 jobs in July — a deceleration from the average job gains seen over the second quarter of the year.

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The job market continued to grow last month, but wage growth slowed, ADP reported.

Small businesses with fewer than 50 employees continued to add jobs in June, albeit at a slower rate, but wage growth remained steady, payroll processor Paychex reported.

The jobs report blew past expectations, although the unemployment rate ticked up to 4%.

The jobs market showed signs of a slowdown last month as the private sector added 152,000 jobs in May, while annual pay grew 5% year over year, ADP reported.

Hourly earnings growth for employees slid to their lowest level since the middle of 2021, according to Paychex.

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Governor Maura Healey's $4 billion housing bond bill, the state's biggest-ever investment in its residential stock, includes a provision allowing cities to impose a transfer fee of 0.5% to 2% on property sales exceeding $1 million.

The pace of small-business job growth slackened in April, but hourly earnings ticked up to 3.34%, ending a nearly two-year slowdown, according to Paychex.

Annual pay increased 5.0% year over year, ADP reported.

Experts from the Fed, Intuit and the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center explored ideas for more effective ways to advance the goals of the mortgage interest deduction.

It was the first hiring increase so far this year, according to Paychex, though it remained below pre-pandemic levels.

Private sector employers added 184,000 jobs in March as annual pay rose 5.1% year over year, payroll company ADP reported.

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The unemployment rate increased two-tenths of a point to 3.9% and the BLS revised downward the job numbers for December and January, indicating some softening in the labor market.

The service-providing sector added 110,000 jobs for the month, including 5,000 in professional and business services such as accounting and tax preparation.

Year-over-year hourly earnings growth for U.S. workers moderated slightly in February, continuing a trend that began mid-2022, while small business job growth held steady.