The economic data was just weak enough this week to cause a slight decline in The Times’s weekly election-year job tracker.
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Latest Data Doesn’t Move the Political Needle
Moody’s analysis of this week’s economics reports leaves its job-growth forecast unchanged between now and the election.
Who’s in Charge of Fixing This?
Those waiting for the Federal Reserve to take new action might do better to watch the inflation rate than the jobs numbers.
Jobs Report Preview
The Labor Department releases its June employment report on Friday. The median forecast is that job growth ticked up slightly to 90,000 and that the unemployment rate stayed at 8.2 percent.
Jobs Tracker Holds Steady
This week’s economic data have brought few surprises. The economy has weakened in recent months, but perhaps not as much as last week’s jobs report suggested.
How Certificates Can Lift Income
For those with only a high school diploma, certificate programs (not leading to an associate or bachelor’s degree) can increase earnings potential, but men benefit the most, a study finds.
G.O.P. Assails Obama Over Jobs
Republicans quickly seized on the disappointing May numbers as fresh evidence of what they say are President Obama’s “job-killing” policies.
What the Jobs Report Means for the Fed
The Federal Reserve is the only plausible source of significant government action to bolster the economy in the foreseeable future. Will it decide to take action?
The Spring Slowdown Has Arrived
When the jobs market weakened in March and April, economists could tell a sensible story about why the weakening wasn’t as severe as it looked. But you can’t tell that story anymore. For the third straight year, the economy has fallen into a spring slump.
Weak U.S. Hiring in May
The United States economy gained a net 69,000 jobs in May, the Labor Department said Friday, a showing that reflected mounting fears of a global slowdown.