Sep 08 Watch Live: Obama Addresses Congress on Jobs Plan at 7 p.m. ET President Obama will address a joint session of Congress Thursday to outline his plan for job creation and reviving a stumbling economy. The NewsHour offered LIVE coverage of the speech starting at 7 p.m. ET. That report will also be… Continue reading
Sep 07 Watch Political Checklist: What Can Obama’s Speech Accomplish? David Chalian and Gwen Ifill preview President Obama's jobs speech… Continue watching
Sep 06 Watch Romney Rolls Out Jobs Plan as Obama’s Approval Rating Hit New Lows A pair of polls out Tuesday show that many Americans have deep concerns about President Obama's overall job performance and his handling of the economy. Judy Woodruff discusses the polls and the 2012 campaign, including Mitt Romney's new jobs plan,… Continue watching
Sep 06 Watch Interconnection of U.S., European Markets Adds to Investors’ Fears Across Europe, markets finished Tuesday at their lowest close in more than two years. Jeffrey Brown discusses the growing eurozone debt woes with FusionIQ's Barry Ritholtz and Jacob Kirkegaard of the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch Can America’s Jobless Fill American Jobs? With the U.S. unemployment rate stuck around 9 percent, economics correspondent Paul Solman explores whether widespread joblessness is simply the result of a weak economy or if a broader shift toward higher-skill work is occurring that could leave many Americans… Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch Weakest Employment Report in a Year Shows Job Growth Slowing to a Standstill The unemployment numbers released Friday by the Labor Department constitute the weakest report in a year with no net jobs added in August and that national unemployment rate stuck at 9.1 percent. Ray Suarez discusses what the dismal report means… Continue watching
Sep 02 Unemployment Rate Remains 9.1% in August, Zero Net Jobs Added Photo by Getty Images August unemployment numbers, released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, remained stagnant as employers added no net jobs -- the first government report of zero new jobs since 1945. While private… Continue reading
Sep 01 Watch New Economic Reports Offer Mixed Signals With All Eyes on Job Creation Economic Data Offer Mixed Signals With All Eyes on Jobs… Continue watching
Sep 01 Watch Writer Asks: Can the Middle Class Be Saved? The cover article in the latest issue of The Atlantic magazine asks: "Can the middle class be saved?" Jeffrey Brown speaks with author Don Peck about his take on the erosion of America's middle class. Continue watching
Aug 31 Labor Leader Trumka: Job-Creation Plans Require ‘Boldness’ AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka; file photo When it comes to jump-starting the struggling U.S. economy, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka proclaimed Wednesday, "This is a time for boldness." The labor leader spoke at his union's annual Labor Day news conference… Continue reading