Elections Podcast: The Primaries Are Almost Over
The first leg of the 2016 election marathon is, finally, almost over. As the primaries come to a close, the elections podcast crew talks about what to expect from the final contests and what the...
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The Job Market Will Be Solid On Election Day
The job market held steady in September, which probably means that voters will head to the polls next month amid an economy that is in solid but not spectacular shape. U.S. employers added 156,000...
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Don’t Let Trump — Or Any President — Take Credit For Strong Jobs Numbers
Hiring was strong and wage growth accelerated in President Trump’s first full month in office. But don’t give Trump credit, at least not yet. The U.S. economy added 235,000 jobs in February, the...
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One Slow Month Doesn’t Change The Strong Trend On Jobs
The U.S. job market has been a bastion of stability in an unstable world in recent years, with employers consistently adding jobs in the face of conflict and uncertainty both at home and overseas....
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The U.S. Job Market Is On A Historic Growth Streak
Hiring was strong in April. If that sounds unremarkable, or even boring, it’s perhaps worth reflecting on why: The recovery in the U.S. job market has been remarkable for its durability and...
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Don’t Worry About The Job Market Yet, But Pay Attention
The U.S.’s record streak of job growth kept going in May, but the economy may be starting to flash some warning signs. U.S. employers added 138,000 jobs in May, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported...
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The Trump Job Market Looks A Lot Like The Obama Job Market
During last year’s presidential campaign, Donald Trump and his supporters predicted an economic boom if he won the White House; his critics warned of a recession. Instead, nearly six months into...
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The Job Market Is Having A ‘Goldilocks’ Moment
The U.S. job market’s long recovery is going strong — and there are signs it still has room to run. U.S. employers added 209,000 jobs in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. That was...
View ArticleA Better Way To Think About June’s Jobs Numbers
PUBLISHED 3:10 PM EST | DEC 6, 2017 A Better Way To Think About This Month’s Jobs NumbersThe context you need to understand job growth and unemployment in the U.S., updated every month. By Julia Wolfe...
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The Jobs Report Is Overhyped. Here’s Why That’s A Problem.
It was shaping up to be another hot summer. On Aug. 4, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released monthly hiring data for July. A pack of economists and journalists pounced,...
View ArticlePolitics Podcast: Primary Season Gets Into Full Swing
FiveThirtyEight More: Apple Podcasts | ESPN App | RSS Tuesday marks the first big primary election day of the 2018 midterms, with contests in West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and North Carolina. The...
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The Terrible Jobs Report Gets Worse The More You Read It
Remember last month, when the jobs report was bad but not apocalyptic? Those were the days. The most recent jobs report is a stunning picture of how the pandemic has reshaped the country’s labor...
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May’s Jobs Report Brought Good News — But Not For Everyone
We already knew the economic crisis of the coronavirus pandemic was moving much faster than our economic data could keep up with. But the most recent jobs report, which was released today, underscores...
View ArticleA Good Jobs Report Does Not Mean A Rigged Jobs Report
The jobs report released this morning was shockingly good — which immediately made some people question whether it was too good to be true. The most high-profile skeptic was left-leaning economist and...
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The Unemployment Rate Is Falling, But More People Are Losing Their Jobs...
These days, reading the monthly jobs report can feel like opening a time capsule. According to the data for June, which was released today, the recovery from the COVID-19 recession was still chugging...
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Yes, Unemployment Fell. But The Recovery Seems To Be Slowing Down.
After three straight months of declining unemployment, we have only just returned to levels of unemployment that rival the depths of the Great Recession. Friday’s jobs report revealed that the...
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The Easy Part Of The Economic Recovery Might Be Over
Is the economy finally starting to rebound? Based on the headline numbers from the August jobs report, things sure look that way. The report shows that the economy added 1.4 million jobs in August,...
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September’s Jobs Report Is A Political Rorschach Test
The final jobs report before the presidential election is here. In September, 661,000 more people were employed than in August, and the unemployment rate fell to 7.9 percent. That’s a slight — but not...
View ArticleHow Fast Is The Economy Recovering?
How Fast Is The Economy Recovering? By Julia Wolfe and Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux For nearly a year, the economy has been on a long, exhausting slog toward post-pandemic “normalcy.” And it isn’t over yet....
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Biden Says The Economy’s Doing Great. Lots Of His Own Voters Don’t Believe Him.
Economics Biden Says The Economy’s Doing Great. Lots Of His Own Voters Don’t Believe Him. By Monica Potts Jul. 11, 2023, at 6:00 AM President Biden’s economic messaging focuses on the middle class,...
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