Apr 05 Watch Discouraging Jobs Report Raises Fear That Recovery May Be Slowing Down A disappointing jobs report has sparked fears of a slowing recovery. Although the unemployment rate dipped slightly, that reduction was attributed to people retiring or who had stopped looking for work. Judy Woodruff reports on why the job market in… Continue watching
Mar 08 Watch How Will Employment, Earnings Change as U.S. Job Market Recovers? How Will Employment, Earnings Change as U.S. Job Market Recovers?… Continue watching
Mar 08 Watch February Brings Drop in Unemployment, Best Job Report in Four Years Things are looking up for job seekers. The February 2013 jobs report showed the addition of 236,000 jobs and the unemployment rate dropped to 7.7 percent, making it the best report in four years. Ray Suarez examines the data and… Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch Last Jobs Report of 2012 Shows Slow Growth, Looming Economic Uncertainty Last Jobs Report Shows Slow Growth but Economic Concerns Growing in Next Months… Continue watching
Dec 07 Watch Should U.S. Extend Unemployment Insurance Amid Federal Fiscal Uncertainty? Should U.S. Extend Unemployment Insurance Amid Federal Fiscal Uncertainty?… Continue watching
Nov 02 Watch Slow Growth Is Biggest Economic Challenge Facing Incoming President Slow Growth Is Biggest Economic Challenge Facing Incoming President… Continue watching
Aug 03 Watch Dueling Data on Jobs in July: More Created But Didn’t Outpace Unemployment Though 163,000 jobs were created in the month of July, the unemployment rate rose to 8.3 percent. Jeffrey Brown talks to former Labor Department chief economist Lisa Lynch and University of California, Berkeley's Enrico Moretti on why the pace for… Continue watching
Apr 06 Watch Shields, Ponnuru on ‘False Dawns’ for U.S. Economy, Santorum’s Standing in GOP Shields, Ponnuru on 'False Dawns' for U.S. Economy, Santorum's Standing in GOP… Continue watching
Mar 09 Watch Jobs Report Shows ‘More Momentum,’ but Unevenness Seen in U.S. Recovery Jobs Report Shows 'More Momentum,' but Unevenness Seen in U.S. Recovery… Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch Shields, Brooks on Encouraging Jobs Numbers, Roughing Up Romney, N.H. Campaigns Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including Friday's encouraging jobs report, Mitt Romney's win in Iowa, the "deteriorating emotional tenor" of the Republican race and Michele Bachmann's campaign suspension. Continue watching