There are growing indications of weakness in the job market, Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic said Thursday. “I view the employment outlook as stable, but signs of slowing are accumulating,” Bostic said, in an essay published on his regional Fed bank’s website.

The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased moderately last week, suggesting that the labor market remained on solid ground in February. There were no signs yet

The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased moderately last week, suggesting that the labor market remained on solid ground in February. There were no signs yet in the report from the Labor Department on Thursday of the mass layoffs of federal government workers and deep spending cuts being pursued by Republican President Donald Trump's administration impacting the economy.