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Jobs Report
April 5, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Watch Fox News Panic On Air Over the Great Jobs Report
The hosts rushed to spin the news as negative for Joe Biden.
February 5, 2024
Podcast
The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent
Krugman: Trump-MAGA Are in Deep Denial About Biden’s Good Economy
Columnist Paul Krugman on the good economic news—and why it’s creating such cognitive dissonance for Trump and MAGA Republicans.
February 2, 2024
Greg Sargent
Why the Explosive Jobs Report Will Hit Trump Harder Than You Think
Trump depends on liberals believing that nothing matters. But good news like this should give hope that some facts will matter after all.
July 7, 2023
Timothy Noah
The Bidenomics Winning Streak Continues: 209,000 Jobs Added
The economy is proving harder to push into recession than the Fed thought.
June 2, 2023
Timothy Noah
The Biden Economy Keeps Growing—and the Experts Hate It
Another 339,000 jobs added in May. Doesn’t Biden understand the economy is supposed to suck?
January 6, 2023
Tori Otten
December Jobs Report: Unemployment Rate Is the Lowest in 50 Years
The Labor Department report found that the unemployment rate is 3.468 percent, a level not seen since 1969.
May 11, 2021
Jacob Silverman
Low Wages and Crappy Jobs Gave Us the Labor “Shortage”
Republicans think overly generous unemployment benefits are keeping people from working. Biden might be taking the bait.
October 2, 2020
Timothy Noah
Trump’s “Greatest Recovery in History” Is Wheezing Out
The president’s magical economic thinking is no match for the stark realities of the pandemic he never attempted to address.
March 10, 2017
Graham Vyse
Donald Trump’s contempt for your intelligence knows no bounds.
May 8, 2015
Danny Vinik
Is Something Wrong with the Economy?
The April jobs report is the latest in a series of weak data
November 7, 2014
Danny Vinik
The October Jobs Report Shows Wages Still Aren't Growing
October 3, 2014
Danny Vinik
The New Jobs Numbers Are Great. There's Just One Problem...
July 7, 2014
Danny Vinik
Conservatives Say Cutting Unemployment Benefits Boosted the Jobs Numbers. This Chart Says Otherwise.
June 6, 2014
Danny Vinik
After More Than Six Years, the Economy Is Back to its 2008 Employment Level
March 7, 2014
Danny Vinik
Finally Some Good Economic News: The February Jobs Report Beats Expectations!
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