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.
Category: 2012 election
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.
For Voters, It’s the Job-Growth Trend That Counts
Presidential elections turn more closely on whether job creation is accelerating or decelerating than on the unemployment number itself. This week’s tracker continues to suggest that the economy should be a modest help to President Obama.
A Modestly Strong Batch of New Data
The Times’s weekly tracker suggests that job growth this month may be slightly stronger than forecast a week ago.
Jobs and the Election: A Weekly Tracker
To track the economy, The Times is creating a weekly report on the predicted path of job growth and the unemployment rate between now and the election.