Blast From the Past: Lessons From 1996 Jobs Report
As we digest a mixed employment report today, highlighted by an extreme weather effect, it's worth taking a look at some history.
Bank of Mexico Takes Step Toward Transparency With Minutes Release
The Bank of Mexico's first-ever published minutes from a monetary policy meeting were well received by private economists, who noted few surprises in the content or style, and applauded what they consider a step toward greater transparency.
Canada Labor Market Mocks America’s
The Canadian and U.S. labor markets are currently mirror images of each other, and that's fostering a straightforward strategy for currency traders: Buy the dollar of the north, sell the dollar of the south.
Emerging Markets Spend Big on Forex Intervention Amid Dubious Success
Emerging-market countries have been undertaking costly interventions to hold down the value of their currencies, but how effective these efforts have been in containing investment inflows is debatable.
Messy New Estimates Complicate Explanation for Unemployment Rate Drop
The Labor Department also incorporated unusually large revisions to its estimates of the size of the population which make it hard to offer a clear explanation for what caused a drop in the unemployment rate to 9%.
January Unemployment Drop Makes Mess of Fed Forecasts
Friday's release of the January jobs report made it just that much harder to get a handle on the economic variables central bankers say drive their monetary policy deliberations.
Economists React: ‘Ton of Noise’ in Jobs Report
Economists and others weigh in on the January employment report.
How Much Did Weather Hurt Payrolls?
Snow storms early last month clearly hurt the labor market in January, contributing to the weakness in job growth last month. But how much that mattered is impossible to gauge.
Video: Mixed Jobless Report
WSJ's Phil Izzo reports the nation's unemployment rate dropped to 9% in January, but only 36,000 jobs were added. Also, Charles Levinson from Cairo on more protests marking the "Day of Departure."
Video: Mixed Jobless Report
WSJ's Phil Izzo reports the nation's unemployment rate dropped to 9% in January, but only 36,000 jobs were added. Also, Charles Levinson from Cairo on more protests marking the "Day of Departure."
Secondary Sources: Jobs and Elections, 1983 Lessons, Inequality
A roundup of economic news from around the Web.
Israel’s Finance Chief Crows About Growth
Yuval Steinitz, the philosophy scholar-turned-finance minister of Israel, took a victory lap in the U.S. this week, noting that 2010 was "one of the best economic years ever for Israel."
