Moody’s economists add a splash of cold water to some of the numbers that have emerged in recent days.
Category: 2012 election
Getting the Number Wrong
Mitt Romney said there were 23 million Americans struggling to find work. But some of the groups in the calculation may have been counted twice.
Jobs Outlook Remains Tepid
Moody’s Analytics continues to forecast that job growth in August will be faster than it was in the spring, but still in a range that points to a close election.
Romney’s Job Growth Promises
Mitt Romney has promised to create 12 million jobs in the next presidential term. Is that aim bold, overly optimistic — or pretty much what some economists already expect?
Slight Decline in the Jobs Outlook
The economic data was just weak enough this week to cause a slight decline in The Times’s weekly election-year job tracker.
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.
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.
‘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.
A Darkening Jobs Picture
The latest weekly employment forecast from Moody’s Analytics is looking for weaker gains this month and for the crucial period before the election.
Jobs Forecast Is Steady, but Stay Tuned
The outlook for employment growth between now and the election is unchanged this week, Moody’s Analytics says, but next week’s data could force a revision downward.