Reduced or quality-driven reimbursements from payers, historic inflation levels, increasing demand from an aging population and public scrutiny create immense pressure to control costs ...

US labor cost growth cooled in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, reassuring Federal Reserve policymakers wage pressures are gradually diminishing and no longer a key driver of inflation. The ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - U.S. labor costs rose marginally in the fourth quarter, offering some comfort to Federal Reserve officials after progress lowering inflation stalled at the end of 2024.

With higher costs and a shrinking workforce in hard labor fields, utilities director ... state who are placing bids on the city’s flood control projects. “There’s a lot of workforce issues ...