Feb 11 Watch White House Touts New Signs of Job Growth The White House Thursday released its annual report on the economy, predicting an average of 95,000 jobs will be created each month this year. A top White House economic adviser discusses the findings. Continue watching
Feb 09 Watch California Braces as NUMMI Auto Plant Nears Closing This spring, Toyota expects to slam the brakes on one of its California-based assembly plants. About 5,000 workers are preparing for unemployment at the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. plant, as well as hundreds more in the auto pipeline across… Continue watching
Feb 05 Breaking Down the Latest Jobless Numbers A mixed message on the jobless front today: The overall unemployment rate fell from 10 percent to 9.7 percent. But the Labor Department also released revisions to some monthly data from last year showing the economy has shed far more… Continue reading
Feb 05 What Is Needed to Spur Job Creation? By Carolyn O'Hara With the unemployment level still hovering near double digits, the PBS NewsHour asked a handful of economists and small business owners for their thoughts on the one thing Washington should do to jumpstart job creation. Continue reading
Feb 05 Watch Jobless Rate Drops, but Fuller Recovery Still Appears Distant The economy shed 20,000 jobs in January, but there were new hopes of economic growth as the nation's unemployment rate ticked down to 9.7 percent. Jim Lehrer speaks with a pair of experts about the latest numbers, as well as… Continue watching
Feb 04 Watch Stand-up Economist Finds the Light Side of a ‘Dismal Science’ Economics isn't exactly a side-splitting discipline, but at a recent economics convention in Atlanta, self-proclaimed "stand-up economist" Yoram Bauman showed it's possible to infuse the sober science with monetary mirth. Continue watching
Feb 04 Watch News Wrap: Stocks Plunge Ahead of January Jobs Report In other news Thursday, stocks fell across the board on fears over the January unemployment report out Friday, and Senate Democrats announced plans to pass a jobs bill as early as next week. Continue watching
Jan 29 Watch News Wrap: Economy’s Growth Surprises, But Jobs Still Lag In other news, the U.S. economy grew by 5.7 percent in the fourth quarter, more than expected, and Toyota outlined steps it is taking to help end an unprecedented recall. Continue watching
Jan 29 Watch Obama, GOP Confront Political Differences in Rare Debate President Barack Obama and Congressional Republicans sparred over a range of policy issues Friday in a lively -- and rare -- no-holds-barred debate session. After a report on the exchange, Judy Woodruff talks to Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, about the… Continue watching