U.S. private-sector employment declined in June for the first time in more than two years, according to ADP data released Wednesday, signaling a potential cooling in the labor market as businesses ...

Seasonal noise” around government hiring skewed the numbers upward, analysts say, and payrolls are in fact pretty weak.

Official labor numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showed a higher-than-expected increase of 147,000 jobs in ...