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.
Category: presidential election
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.