Jul 08 Watch Dismal Unemployment Report Suggests Recovery May Be Stalling The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 9.2 percent in June as employers added the fewest jobs in nine months. Jeffrey Brown discusses the grim jobs reading and the stubbornly high employment gap between black and white Americans with Pomona College's… Continue watching
Jul 08 Jobs: the Dreary Data, a Desperate Viewer, a Pessimistic Professor By Paul Solman Goodness! U-7, our own measure of under-and unemployment, shot up to 18.6 percent this morning, a rise that gets us back near the number when we first inaugurated the Solman Scale last December. This morning's job numbers: only… Continue reading
Jul 08 Jobs: Dreary Data, a Desperate Viewer, a Pessimistic Professor By Paul Solman Goodness! U-7, our own measure of under-and unemployment, shot up to 18.6 percent Friday morning, a rise that gets us back near the number when we first inaugurated the Solman Scale last December. Friday morning's job numbers:… Continue reading
Jun 20 Watch Political Checklist: Huntsman Ready to Enter 2012 Fray David Chalian and Gwen Ifill examine which Republicans might jump into the 2012 race. Continue watching
Jun 17 Is Outsourcing Semi-Skilled Jobs The Problem? By April Brown Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Friday's query. Continue reading
Jun 16 Watch Romney Tells Floridians 'I'm Also Unemployed' Mitt Romney Tells Floridians 'I'm Also Unemployed'… Continue watching
Jun 13 Watch Obama Pledges to Grow Economy as New Faces Join GOP Debate in N.H. President Obama pledged Monday at an energy-efficient lighting plant in North Carolina to make good on a promise to grow the economy. Meanwhile, Republican presidential hopefuls were preparing for a second debate. Judy Woodruff gets an update on the 2012… Continue watching
Jun 13 Political Checklist: Debate Offers Insight into GOP Field By Quinn Bowman Judy Woodruff and Hari Sreenivasan preview Monday's Republican presidential debate in New Hampshire, the first of the election cycle. They also look at President Obama's effort to promote his jobs agenda in North Carolina. Continue reading
Jun 13 Watch Political Checklist: Republicans Face Off in First Debate Judy Woodruff and Hari Sreenivasan sets the stage of the first GOP 2012 debate. Continue watching
Jun 10 New Alabama Immigration Law Tougher Than Arizona's SB-1070 Measure With the stroke of a pen, Alabama's Gov. Robert Bentley signed into law this week a bill described on all sides of the immigration debate as the toughest enforcement measure in the country to date. Continue reading