Jan 08 NYT's Leonhardt: Unemployment Figures 'Worse Than Expected' By Hari Sreenivasan After news today that the U.S. unemployment rate held steady around 10 percent in December, we spoke with New York Times columnist David Leonhardt of the Economix blog for more context on the numbers: _pap_embed_custom('news01s385dqce7',482,304,"");… Continue reading
Jan 08 Watch News Wrap: Stocks Muted on Weak Job Numbers In other news, stocks rose slightly Friday despite news that the economy shed 85,000 jobs in December, and the FBI arrested two men suspected of planning terror attacks in New York. Continue watching
Dec 18 On Friday's NewsHour... The agreement reached at the Copenhagen Climate Summit is our lead story tonight, followed by an interview with Barry Scheck of the "Innocence Project" about the release of a wrongly-convicted man after 35 years, a Paul Solman conversation about the… Continue reading
Dec 08 Watch Obama Offers Job Plan, But Deficit Pressures Rise President Obama outlined a series of initiatives Tuesday aimed at spurring job growth through aid for small businesses, despite mounting pressures to reduce a record federal budget deficit. Judy Woodruff speaks with Nobel laureate Paul Krugman and former presidential economic… Continue watching
Dec 04 Paul Solman: The Story Behind the Jobs Numbers Good jobs data dominate the headlines this morning: Unemployment holding pretty much steady at long last; dramatic downward revision in last month's number of lost jobs; average hours up. The NYT on its Web site: U.S. Economy Lost Only… Continue reading
Dec 04 Watch Shields, Brooks Take on Afghan Plan, 'Populist Uprising' Over Economy Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks examine the implications of the latest unemployment figures and President Obama's decision to commit more troops to Afghanistan. Continue watching
Dec 04 Watch Job Loss Slows in Nov., Signaling Some Recovery Employers cut the fewest number of jobs in November since the recession started in 2007. Judy Woodruff talks to experts about the unexpected good news and what this could mean for the country's economic future. Continue watching
Dec 03 Obama Hears Ideas for Job Creation at Summit By Carolyn O'Hara As CEOs, labor leaders, and economists gather at the White House Thursday to discuss how to accelerate U.S. job creation, their challenge is tackling double-digit unemployment while keeping the deficit under control. Continue reading
Dec 03 Watch Other News: Bernanke Defends Tenure as Fed Chief In other news, Ben Bernanke defended his tenure as Federal Reserve chairman before Congress on Thursday, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested using money left over from the Wall Street bailout to create more jobs. Continue watching
Nov 25 Jobs Claims Down, Hopeful Economic News on America's Heaviest Travel Day By Travis Daub The number of people seeking unemployment insurance for the first time fell to its lowest point since September 2008, the Labor Department reported Wednesday. Continue reading