"Strong jobs report shows the American economy gaining steam" PBS NewsHour 4/1/2022
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SUMMARY: As the White House tries to manage rising inflation, the U.S. labor market is bouncing back, adding another 431,000 jobs in March and bringing the unemployment rate to a new pandemic-era low of 3.6 percent, according to the latest jobs report from the Labor Department. Bharat Ramamurti, deputy director of the White House National Economic Council, joins Geoff Bennett to discuss.
"Why the latest jobs report was disappointing, and what it means for the economy" PBS NewsHour 5/7/2021
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SUMMARY: With millions of people still out of work during the pandemic, Friday's mediocre jobs report puzzled many analysts who expected hundreds of thousands more new jobs. Lisa Desjardins discusses its implications with Ellen Hughes Cromwick a former chief economist at the commerce department during the Obama administration, and Michael Strain an economist with the American Enterprise Institute.
"Warren: Latest jobs report shows the need for universal child care" PBS NewsHour 5/7/2021
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SUMMARY: Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is working with President Biden on infrastructure, education and a number of other issues. She also just released a new book, "Persist," about her own campaign experiences and plans. It emphasizes her personal stories as a working mother. She joins Judy Woodruff to discuss Biden's policies, and the experiences that inspired the book.
SUMMARY: May's jobs report showed more signs of slowing economic growth in the U.S. The Labor Department reported a net gain of 75,000 jobs -- just a third of the total for the previous month. That change is set against a backdrop of trade wars and other signals, like manufacturing data and anxiety in the financial markets. Judy Woodruff gets analysis from David Wessel of the Brookings Institution.
SUMMARY: The U.S. economy has created jobs for over 100 consecutive months, and unemployment is near a 50-year low. Still, President Donald Trump is vocal about his belief that the Federal Reserve is holding the economy back from stronger growth. William Brangham talks to David Wessel the Brookings Institution about March jobs numbers, indications economic growth is slowing and Trump's view of the FED.
SUMMARY: How have Trump’s economic policies fared during the first two years of his term? Paul Solman sits down with the President’s top economic adviser, Kevin Hassett, to discuss recent stock market volatility, the Federal Reserve, tariffs, trade, and whether the tax cut has delivered as much as was promised.
SUMMARY: More than 300,000 jobs were created in December, doubling what was expected and signaling that the U.S. economy remains stable despite the recent market volatility and political tensions. In addition, wage growth was the highest it’s been in a decade. Amna Nawaz speaks with Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, for more on why this report contained “nothing but good news.”
