Apr 04 Can U.S. Product Makers Manufacture a Profit? By Elizabeth Shell Name: Paul Menzel Question: I understand that it is more profitable for hi-tech companies to have their devices manufactured overseas (primarily Asia) than to manufacture them domestically. Could these companies manufacture their products in the U.S. and still make a… Continue reading
Apr 01 Watch Returning Vets Face a New Battle: The Job Market Returning War Vets Face New Domestic Battle: The Job Market… Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch Unemployment Rate Drops in March, but Economic Recovery Remains Fragile Unemployment Rate Drops, but Long-Term Jobless See 'Troubling' Stagnation… Continue watching
Apr 01 Weekonomics: Our Friday Roundup By Paul Solman Today we initiate "Weekonomics," a Friday roundup of the week's economics news. No fooling. Simon Johnson starts us off with "lightning round" answers to questions on the banks, Europe, Japan and, because the monthly jobs data came out… Continue reading
Apr 01 Weekonomics: Our Friday Roundup By Elizabeth Shell Today we initiate "Weekonomics," a Friday roundup of the week's economics news. No fooling. Simon Johnson starts us off with "lightning round" answers to questions on the banks, Europe, Japan and, because the monthly jobs data came out this morning,… Continue reading
Apr 01 Watch Weekonomics: Our Weekly Roundup Simon Johnson joins Paul Solman for Weekonomics- a review of the week's news. Continue watching
Apr 01 March Unemployment: Barely Budging By Paul Solman One brief comment on the jobs numbers. The net addition of 216,000 jobs, from the so-called payroll survey, is respectable. But the "household survey" reports roughly the same number of unemployed Americans: 13.5 million. You can't tell a lot from… Continue reading
Apr 01 March Unemployment: Barely Budging One brief comment on the jobs numbers. The net addition of 216,000 jobs, from the so-called payroll survey, is respectable. But the "household survey" reports roughly the same number of unemployed Americans: 13.5 million. You can't tell a lot from… Continue reading
Apr 01 Jobs Up, Unemployment Down as Economy Continues Slow Recovery A woman walks by a help wanted sign in San Francisco last week. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. The economy added 216,000 jobs to the payroll in March, and the unemployment rate ticked down a notch to… Continue reading
Apr 01 Unemployment Falls to 8.8 Percent, Employers Add 216K Jobs The Bureau of Labor Statistics released new data showing that unemployment dropped again to 8.8 percent in March, with employers adding 216,000 new jobs. The manufacturing sector showed especially strong growth, increasing at its fastest pace in seven years. Continue reading