Lydia DePillis

The labor market appears hot, but the share of people who are either working or actively looking for a job still hasn’t quite recovered.

They underestimated the impact of global warming, and their preferred policy solution floundered in the United States.

Conventional employment opportunities abound, but online platforms still have appeal — for flexibility or additional income.

The increase of 528,000 outstripped expectations, and the gains were spread widely across industries. The jobless rate fell to 3.5 percent.

With job openings declining and layoffs ticking up, monthly employment gains will be harder to come by.

Inventories were a big drag on the G.D.P. number. Construction of homes and nonresidential structures declined. And federal spending fell.

Plenty of long-term models show that rising temperatures are bad for the economy. Estimating the impact in real time is very tricky.

It has been a tough few years for companies without the scale to cruise through disruption. Making money isn’t getting any easier.

The June figures may indicate that higher interest rates and sluggish spending on goods are starting to weigh on hiring.

The number of U.S. positions available was 11.3 million in May, the second straight monthly decline.