Nation Nov 09 If the economic news is good, why did voters say it’s bad? Two-thirds of voters told exit pollsters last week that the economy was getting worse. And yet, Friday's jobs report marked the ninth straight month of job gains over 200,000 and the lowest unemployment rate since the summer of 2008. By Simone Pathe
Nation Nov 06 From Alan Greenspan to Justin Wolfers, economists consider the Fed’s ‘Dual Mandate’ On the eve of the release of October's employment data, which will paint the first official portrait of the labor market since the Federal Reserve ended quantitative easing last week, Making Sen$e turns to top economists, many of them former… By Simone Pathe
Nation Aug 01 Another 200K jobs for ‘The Little Engine That Could’ July marks the sixth straight month of job gains exceeding 200,000 -- a growth record not seen since 1997. But there's still not enough turnover in the labor market, the Brookings Institution's Justin Wolfers and MIT's Peter Diamond say, to… By Simone Pathe
Economy Oct 02 Did We Really Add 166,000 Jobs? Service sector employers added the most jobs in ADP's payroll report released Wednesday. But that report can't take the place of the Bureau of Labor Statistics data we'd get Friday if the government weren't shut down. Photo courtesy of Daniel… By Simone Pathe
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Mar 30 The Madness of Sports Betting By Elizabeth Shell Editor's Note | If you're one of the millions of Americans who filled out a college basketball national championship bracket this year, odds are you're out of luck. ESPN reports that only two brackets out of over 5.9 million… Continue reading