If you believe the locals, Oman and Saudi Arabia are the best places on earth to find a job: 69 percent of the adults in each country believe their local job market is good.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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?