The latest figures on jobs and unemployment have led to adjustments in The Times’s weekly election-year jobs tracker.
Category: June 2012 jobs report
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.