Increase in job openings can be attributed immigration policy changes, while economic uncertainty may have brought the number of workers quitting jobs to a longtime low.
Economic uncertainty and rising prices lead to declining construction activity in July, the third consecutive month nonresidential construction spending has fallen.
Under long-gestating deal set to complete in first half of 2026, Sidara will assume $1.6 billion of Wood Group debt and provide $450 million in cash for the financially strapped energy consultant.
E. J. Antoni, now a Heritage Foundation economist, has suggested the Bureau of Labor Statistics temporarily stop issuing monthly jobs reports, a key economic indicator for project owners.
Lawmakers and the U.S. Dept. of Transportation have started the process to prepare a federal reauthorization bill to fund years of transportation infrastructure projects.