WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New orders for U.S.-manufactured goods increased solidly in February, likely as businesses front-loaded orders ahead of tariffs. Factory orders rose 0.6% after an upwardly revised 1.8% rebound in January, the Commerce Department's Census Bureau said on Wednesday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast factory orders would climb 0.5% after a previously reported 1.7% advance in January. Factory...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New orders for U.S.-manufactured goods increased solidly in February, likely as businesses front-loaded orders ahead of tariffs. Factory orders rose 0.6% after an upwardly revised 1.8% rebound in January, the Commerce Department's Census Bureau said on Wednesday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast factory orders would climb 0.5% after a previously reported 1.7% advance in January. Factory...

Private sector job growth exceeded expectations in March, signaling a surprisingly resilient labor market even as U.S. businesses face growing uncertainty over the potential impact of tariffs. U.S. private employers added 155,000 jobs in March, according to the latest Employment Report from Automatic Data Processing. The figure represents a notable pickup from February's upwardly revised total of 84,000 and comes...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. private payrolls growth accelerated in March, the ADP National Employment Report showed on Wednesday. Private payrolls increased by 155,000 jobs last month after an upwardly revised 84,000 rise in February. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast private employment advancing 115,000 following a previously reported 77,000 gain in February. The ADP report, jointly developed with the Stanford...