DOL Drops Legal Defense of Biden Fiduciary Rule

Published on November 26, 2025

The Labor Department revealed in legal filings that it was dropping its previous appeal of a Texas district court decision to pause the 2024 rule.

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U.S. Workforce Recovery Analysis: September 2025

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Our monthly workforce recovery analysis has been updated to include the latest employment report for September. The unemployment rate inched up to 4.4%, its highest level since 2021. Additionally, the number of new non-farm jobs (a relatively volatile number subject to extensive revisions) came in at 119,000.

Long-Term Employment Trends by Age and Gender: September 2025

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The labor force participation rate (LFPR) is a simple computation: You take the civilian labor force (people aged 16 and over employed or seeking employment) and divide it by the civilian non-institutional population (those 16 and over not in the military and or committed to an institution). As of September, the labor force participation rate is at 62.4%, up from 62.3% the previous month.