Mortgage rates hit 7.28%. On a median-priced new home, that's $200 more a month, and it decides who still qualifies to buy.

Employers added 29,000 jobs in September, far below the 84,000 expected. Here's who is getting hired, why your raise feels smaller, and what a cold market means for you.

Job openings fell to 7.08 million in August, below the 7.2 million expected. Layoffs and quits both dropped, so workers are staying put. Here's what that signals ahead of Friday's jobs report.