May 06 Watch 3:24 News Wrap: April jobs report shows hiring still strong despite inflation In our news wrap Friday, April's jobs report shows the U.S. gained 428,000 net jobs despite inflation, supply shortages and rising interest rates. Also, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene will be allowed to seek reelection, the Irish nationalist party Sinn… Continue watching
May 06 U.S. job market extends hiring streak with 428,000 jobs in April despite surging inflation By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press America's employers added 428,000 jobs in April, extending a streak of solid hiring that has defied punishing inflation, chronic supply shortages, the Russian war against Ukraine and much higher borrowing costs. Continue reading
Apr 03 Biden trumpets economic gains, but struggles to get credit By Josh Boak, Zeke Miller, Chris Megerian, Associated Press For President Biden, convincing Americans of the progress made in the economic recovery only serves as a salient reminder of how much further the country has to go. Continue reading
Apr 02 Watch 4:46 What a mix of high inflation and low unemployment means for the U.S. economy As you may have heard Friday, the U.S. added 431,000 jobs in March, while unemployment hit a pandemic-era low of 3.6 percent. But those numbers only tell part of the story. Roben Farzad, who examines business and culture as host… Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch 7:25 Strong jobs report shows the American economy gaining steam By Geoff Bennett, Dorothy Hastings, Cybele Mayes-Osterman As the White House tries to manage rising inflation, the U.S. labor market is bouncing back, adding another 431,000 jobs in March and bringing the unemployment rate to a new pandemic-era low of 3.6 percent, according to the latest jobs… Continue watching
Apr 01 WATCH: Biden says economy ‘on the move’ after strong March jobs report By Associated Press America’s employers added 431,000 jobs in a sign of the economy’s resilience and despite a still-destructive pandemic and the highest inflation in 40 years. Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch 5:48 Strong jobs report signals more Americans returning to labor market as coronavirus wanes By Geoff Bennett, Karina Cuevas The latest jobs reports shows U.S. job growth surged in February as the omicron wave of COVID-19 began fading. The Labor Department reports employers added a net of 678,000 jobs, the most since July. Jared Bernstein, who serves on the… Continue watching
Feb 04 WATCH: President Biden says U.S. ‘job machine is going stronger than ever’ By Associated Press In a burst of hiring and despite the predictions of many economists, America's employers added 467,000 jobs in January, a sign of the economy's resilience even in the face of a wave of omicron infections last month. Continue reading
Jan 07 WATCH: President Joe Biden remarks on the December jobs report By Josh Boak, Associated Press President Joe Biden On Friday touted the nation's "historic" unemployment numbers despite a mixed report on the U.S. jobs market. Continue reading
Dec 03 WATCH: Biden reflects on positive November jobs report By Associated Press U.S. President Joe Biden hailed the jobs report released Friday morning, saying it shows "America is back to work."… Continue reading