The largest downturn in state and local government jobs since the Korean War continues.
Category: Unemployment
A Downward Trend, and Maybe a Nail-Biter
The recent jobs reports, and Moody’s projections, continue to suggest that this presidential election will remain close.
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.
Another (Seasonally Adjusted) Slowdown
Are job gains really withering as the recovery falters? Or is much of the reported change caused by misleading seasonal adjustments?
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.
‘Soft Patch’ on Jobs, With Election on Horizon
This week’s job-creation projections from Moody’s Analytics continue to point to a close presidential election, and come with indications of midyear weakness.
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.
Jobs Forecast Shifts the Electoral Outlook
The latest projections by Moody’s Analytics for monthly job growth still point to a close race for the White House. But the odds of a mini-boom that would help the incumbent have faded.
A Lagging Recovery
Reasonably strong private-sector job growth has been offset by government layoffs.
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.