Economy Feb 07 Watch 6:37 Chicago Fed president on what the new jobs report says about the economy The new jobs report shows the pace of hiring slowed slightly in January with the economy adding 143,000 jobs. The report also revised down jobs numbers between April 2023 and March of 2024 by nearly 600,000, the largest annual revision… By Amna Nawaz, Jackson Hudgins
Nation Sep 06 Watch 6:35 Chicago Fed president expects multiple interest rate cuts amid economic ‘overcooling’ The latest jobs report paints a mixed picture of the overall economy. The U.S. added 142,000 new jobs last month and the unemployment rate dipped slightly to 4.2 percent. The report was better than July, but with revisions, it shows… By Geoff Bennett, Murrey Jacobson, Karina Cuevas
Economy Nov 26 Watch Obama’s Economic Strategy Begins to Emerge as Team Takes Shape In an attempt to combat the economic crisis, President-elect Barack Obama has appointed key members of his economic team, including former Fed Chair Paul Volcker, to lead an economic advisory panel. Two financial writers assess his team and financial recovery…