At least one person on Friday wasnt hoping that the Fed will start another round of bond-buying: Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
A global manufacturing slowdown took hold in May, as Europe weighed heaviest on world-wide factory activity.
Here are some key points from the press conference with the Treasury Departments assistant secretary for economic policy Janice Eberly.
Talk now turns to the Fed riding to the rescue. Heres the problem: the market has done what any additional monetary easing would maximally accomplish, lowering interest rates to induce more borrowing...
The U.S. economy added just 69,000 jobs in May, less than expected, and the unemployment rate rose to 8.2%. David Reilly, Phil Izzo and Sudeep Reddy have details on The News Hub.
Fridays weak jobs report immediately ignited market expectations that the Federal Reserves "wait-and-see" mode may be coming to an end.
Job growth was weak in May. Just as bad: the type of jobs the economy did manage to add.
Wells Fargo Chief Economist John Silvia talks with Jim Chesko about this mornings report showing that U.S. job growth slowed sharply in May. [wsj-interactive project="AUDIO_ Jobs0612_E_"]
Economists and others weigh in on the 69,000 increase in nonfarm payrolls in May and the increase in the unemployment rate to 8.2%.
The U.S. unemployment rate ticked up to 8.2% in May and a broader measure rose even more to 14.8%. But the increases belied a slightly positive trend.
Nick Hanauer, the provocative serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist from Seattle, came by The Wall Street Journals Washington bureau this week. Hanauer first drew a lot of attention with a fier...
The U.S. recovery cant seem to shake off the hot-weather jinx.
Retailers reported same-store sales for May that were generally stronger than expected.
The spikes in gold prices led many people to sell their jewelry. "The Unfair Trade" author Michael Casey looks at how golds prices impacted Jewelers Row in New York.
If federal debt approaches unsustainable levels, Congress could pressure the central bank to let inflation rise, Richmond Fed President Lacker warned in a message in the regional banks 2011 annual re...
More Americans are taking out student loans, and more borrowers are falling behind on paying them back on them.
The government made a sharp downward revision to fourth-quarter income figures Thursday, a sign of stagnant wages and a potential hurdle for consumer spending.
A closely-watched index gauging U.S. factory output fell to a near 2 1/2-year low in May, indicating the economy might be heading back toward a recession.
A roundup of economic news from around the Web.
Senior Economist Gus Faucher of PNC Financial Services talks with Jim Chesko about the downward revision to first-quarter economic growth and a surprising increase in weekly jobless claims.
It will take as much as half a decade for the U.S. economy to get back to its natural unemployment rate of around 6% in an economic environment that will require strong Fed support, a U.S. central ba...
Total U.S. job vacancies on the Internet slipped by nearly 1% from April to 4.72 million, the Conference Board said.
World Bank President Robert Zoellick in an interview discussed the euro-zone crisis, risks to developing nations, the U.S. fiscal cliff and his work at the bank.
A veteran Fed official expressed strong support Wednesday for the central bank doing more to aid the economy, given his expectation of tepid growth and high unemployment looming well out into the fut...
The Fed will have more maneuvering room if home prices have indeed stabilized. Thats not just because a pickup in construction will help overall economic growth and construction hiring, but also beca...
Fisher described himself as "very satisfied" Wednesday that inflation appears to be under control, saying he views lackluster job creation as a bigger near-term concern for the U.S. economy.
The leader of the New York Fed repeated Wednesday his expectation that the U.S. central bank wont need to provide additional stimulus to the economy, even as he left the door open to further action.
Irish government data showing the countrys unemployment rate remaining stubbornly high provided fire to opponents of the new EU fiscal treaty as Ireland prepared to vote in a public referendum on the...
Nationwide, average sale prices of single-family homes fell 2% from the fourth quarter and 1.9% from a year ago, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller home-price index.
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