Apr 01 Weekonomics: Our Friday Roundup By Elizabeth Shell Today we initiate "Weekonomics," a Friday roundup of the week's economics news. No fooling. Simon Johnson starts us off with "lightning round" answers to questions on the banks, Europe, Japan and, because the monthly jobs data came out this morning,… Continue reading
Apr 01 Watch Weekonomics: Our Weekly Roundup Simon Johnson joins Paul Solman for Weekonomics- a review of the week's news. Continue watching
Apr 01 March Unemployment: Barely Budging By Paul Solman One brief comment on the jobs numbers. The net addition of 216,000 jobs, from the so-called payroll survey, is respectable. But the "household survey" reports roughly the same number of unemployed Americans: 13.5 million. You can't tell a lot from… Continue reading
Apr 01 March Unemployment: Barely Budging One brief comment on the jobs numbers. The net addition of 216,000 jobs, from the so-called payroll survey, is respectable. But the "household survey" reports roughly the same number of unemployed Americans: 13.5 million. You can't tell a lot from… Continue reading
Mar 31 Coming Up on Making Sen$e: The Fate of America's Veterans Looking For Work By Paul Solman Editor's Note: On Friday's NewsHour: an eye-opening look at the fate of many veterans attempting to transition back into a tough job market. Today, there are over two million veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. And… Continue reading
Mar 07 More Thoughts on Latest Jobless Numbers, Mexico's Drug War By Paul Solman February's 192,000 net new jobs breaks down into 222,000 jobs added in the private sector and 30,000 jobs dropped by government. This provides evidence for one side of the economic policy debate of the moment, you could… Continue reading
Mar 07 Further Thoughts on Friday's Job Numbers By Elizabeth Shell February's 192,000 net new jobs breaks down into 222,000 jobs added in the private sector, 30,000 jobs dropped by government. This provides evidence for one side of the economic policy debate of the moment, you could even say "of… Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch Good News on Many Economic Fronts; Oil, Housing Still Threaten Recovery A new report shows U.S. employers added 192,000 jobs in February and the jobless rate fell to 8.9 percent. Jeffrey Brown discusses the numbers and recovery prospects with former Labor Department Chief Economist Lisa Lynch and Nariman Behravesh, chief economist… Continue watching
Mar 04 February Unemployment Numbers: Good, But Don't Pop the Champagne By Paul Solman The unemployment numbers for February are in, and though economist Peter Morici advises, "Don't Break Out the Champagne Just Yet," the data are encouraging. There are two separate surveys, remember - of "establishments" (places that employ… Continue reading
Mar 04 February Unemployment Numbers: Good, But Don't Pop the Champagne By Elizabeth Shell The unemployment numbers for February are in and though economist Peter Morici says " Don't Break Out the Champagne Just Yet," the data are encouraging. There are two separate surveys, remember - of "establishments" (places that employ folks) and "households"… Continue reading